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Have you ever seen the lines of starving peasants that your favorite economic system produces? Do you think they give a damn about doing what "they love" while their children starve to death because their economy doesn't work worth a shit?
The science of economics doesn't deal with feelings and happiness, it deals with distribution of scarce resources. Everyone needs to produce something valuable in order for an economy to work. And no, socialism does not guarantee survival. In fact, more people have probably starved to death under that system than any other. And as the others have pointed out, you don't usually get to pick what you do in a socialistic society. Unless you have good political connections, you, my poetry loving friend, may be shoveling shit or sweeping chimneys. That's right, someone still has to do that stuff too.
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Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man’s values, it has to be earned.
It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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