It’s so frustrating that, when trying to discuss socialist theories, one of the most common responses I get is: but people will want to be lazy and take whatever they can!
Do people not realize this is how it is now? And whenever there’s a followup argument, no matter what evidence I provide, there is always some multi-level counter-argument with some blatant fallacy, but fits well into their perception of the established world.
My employer has these terrible, racist, ignorant views of the world. She believes it will be greedy POC who ruin the world, according to her, evidenced by the looting and riots. When posed the question: is it immoral for a starving family to steal a bit of food? To which she replied: “Stealing is never okay. That was somebody’s property, you cant just take things. And these people arent stealing bread, they are stealin louis vuiton! Who needs that?”
Is the society the family belongs to not responsible for ensuring the well-being of their people? If the society fails to provide, how can it be immoral to take from your oppressor when youre left with so few options? “People arent oppressed. Everyone can figure out how to get wealthy if they work hard enough. Some people are happy being poor. You said yourself you like being poor! Not everyone wants a lot, and those that do should be allowed to have it.”
Even at the cost of exploiting an entire population to have those limitless luxuries? “Who is being exploited? People like elon musk and jeff bezos provide jobs and amazing services that people need. Without jeff bezos, all of those workers would be without a job.”
And so on…. There’s just always some excuse not to provide for everyone. There’s always some fear that it will somehow be worse or harder than it already is. I know socialism is inevitable, but I dont know how we can implement it in time.
Sometimes I like to imagine what the world could have been like if we just worked together from the beginning. This capitalism shit is bogus.