Question: Why do you think socialism doesn't work?


Response: Well it has not worked in the past. Done, that is why I think it does not work. However what leads me to believe such is much deeper than that.


Socialism's fundamentals are at odds with the nature of the human race, whether you believe that is human's at current or has been and always shall be. Human's by nature are selfish. And will follow actions that benefit them immediately, whether their pleasure be in money, possessions, power, fame, or even the satisfaction of sustaining one's family. Selfishness is not necessarily bad, but Since the bulk of it is done in excess, greed is the resultant. This greed overpowers human desire to share and renders Socialism an unreachable ideal. It would be nice to have everything be fair and for people to all be equal, but the reality is that so long as there is the human race, ingenuity will be there to find loopholes and take advantage of the system. In a system that expects everyone to be honest, it takes only one to ruin it, and in today's time there are many who would leap at the chance.


I say Socialism will not work because of the failed attempts in the past. The ideals of Marx have spread across the world and men like Lenin, Stalin, Castro and other powerful men have oppressed their people rather than uplifting them to utopia.The power is too tempting that once the government has reach the might needed to enforce laws that lend themselves to socialist ideals, the government will then to want to release the power. To argue that the government is not needed for a transition to socialism is out of the question, since it has been established that people themselves will not voluntarily convert to the system. And then once the government has the power to solve the need, the government becomes the problem.


On paper Socialism is great, and there is no doubt in my mind that a form of it may be possible when the kingdom of God is set up in full, but aside from an act of God I do not see humans capable of functioning that way.