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mirevolver · 08-09-2007, 09:05 AM

Socalism is the chokehold on innovation. If you are living under socalism, why should you try to come up new and better things to advance the civilization and better peoples lives when all the money that will be made will go to someone else? Why should you work harder if you won't get extra benefit from it? The extra money you make will just be taken from you and given to those who did not work as hard, a.k.a. "redistributed".

One thing I noticed on my recent trip to Russia, is that while Moscow is the city where capitalism has gone ballistic, outside of the capital, the Soviet Socalist mentality still exists in people's minds. I was surprised in how often I saw in people a complete lack of desire to make things better. If they had what they needed to get through the day, then that was enough. If someone tried to take a different path, to make things better for himself or herself, this person would be critized and ridiculed. This person was not doing his or her part in their society and so must be convinced to give up his or her hopes to make things better. And this convincing to abandon all hopes of bettering things is done in a "peer pressure" and "family pressure" manner to emphisize that change is not necessary, because they have enough to survive. As long as this socalist mentality exists in the minds of the non-Moscovite Russians, then Russia outside of Moscow will forever be poor.

As with capitalism, people are encouraged to work harder, to come up with new and better innovations. And the reward for such work is a better standard of living for yourself and your family. CNBC has a show in the evenings called, "The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch" which interviews people who have gone from lower or middle class to wealthy, all because of an idea and some hard work. Ideas like maternity clothes or dyson vacuum cleaners. In capitalism, you have the chance to change things and give yourself a better life and in the process create a better standard of living.

08-09-2007, 09:05 AM	#13 (permalink)
mirevolver Inspired by the mind's eye. Location: Between the darkness and the light.	Socalism is the chokehold on innovation. If you are living under socalism, why should you try to come up new and better things to advance the civilization and better peoples lives when all the money that will be made will go to someone else? Why should you work harder if you won't get extra benefit from it? The extra money you make will just be taken from you and given to those who did not work as hard, a.k.a. "redistributed". One thing I noticed on my recent trip to Russia, is that while Moscow is the city where capitalism has gone ballistic, outside of the capital, the Soviet Socalist mentality still exists in people's minds. I was surprised in how often I saw in people a complete lack of desire to make things better. If they had what they needed to get through the day, then that was enough. If someone tried to take a different path, to make things better for himself or herself, this person would be critized and ridiculed. This person was not doing his or her part in their society and so must be convinced to give up his or her hopes to make things better. And this convincing to abandon all hopes of bettering things is done in a "peer pressure" and "family pressure" manner to emphisize that change is not necessary, because they have enough to survive. As long as this socalist mentality exists in the minds of the non-Moscovite Russians, then Russia outside of Moscow will forever be poor. As with capitalism, people are encouraged to work harder, to come up with new and better innovations. And the reward for such work is a better standard of living for yourself and your family. CNBC has a show in the evenings called, "The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch" which interviews people who have gone from lower or middle class to wealthy, all because of an idea and some hard work. Ideas like maternity clothes or dyson vacuum cleaners. In capitalism, you have the chance to change things and give yourself a better life and in the process create a better standard of living. __________________ Aside from my great plans to become the future dictator of the moon, I have little interest in political discussions. Last edited by mirevolver; 08-09-2007 at 09:08 AM..