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Originally Posted by willravel
This assumes the only motivation for mankind is money. That's a fundamentally flawed assumption. I wonder what my monetary gain would be from volunteering my time at a homeless shelter. Or spending time with my family, what would be my monetary gain from that? Or taking my grandmother's trash out every week?
What kind of a person will only do something for money?
Socialism doesn't work because people are unwilling to be good and selfless. The flaw in socialism is the flaw in man.
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Money has a different effect on different people. The problem with socialism is that it forces everybody into a one size fits all solution by taking the money away from those who have earned it and giving it to those who have not. Those who have earned the money are typically the ones who are driven by it and when they see the money taken from them, they lose the desire to work becuase they see no reward in it. Those who did not earn the money see money being handed to them and then see no desire to work because they are given all that they need without having to do anything for it. Then you end up with a society where everybody only does the minimum to get by and innovation dies. Welcome to Russia tovarisch (comrade).
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What kind of a person will only do something for money?
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People who go on reality TV.