Why Socialism Naturally Appeals to Humans

Why Socialism Naturally Appeals to Humans

The common thing between Socialism and Anarchism is that they are both Utopian. These two ideologies talk about societies that are hypothetical, a form of society that can be attained only in theory. And along with these two social theories are the means by which men tried to utilize to attain what these ideologies represent. Unfortunately, what is happening is that every time men would try to push for it, the means to attain it collapses in chaos and the goal is always left far from reach. 

However, though the two share the same characteristic (both are unattainable), they differ on the means by which they are tried to be achieved. Socialism has this notion that a concentration of power to a few individuals or groups would bring the goal. On the other hand, Anarchism says that the goal can only be attained if the concentration of power is dissolved.

The Mockery of Legislated Compassion

The Mockery of Legislated Compassion

Philippines - The Reproductive Health bill passed in the Lowest (Lower) House and Senate will surely endorse the same to be signed by the Pilipin President. I told you, with the prevailing socialistic and parasitic mentality of the Pilipin society, legislation like this would certainly pass.

OK I believe, the momentum towards Marxism (a fucked-up hybrid of a fucked-up socio-political ideology called communism) is well underway. We need more socialist programs in addition to CCT and RH Law to speed up the folly. And soon we will see the real joke of it: that no society can advance to a form higher than that of society occupied by leeches who feast and survive off people's fruits of labor.

By the way, do you know why Anti-RH lost the first scrimmage in the Lower House? Because dimwits honestly believe that their religious arguments stand any chance at the face of a population dominated by dole-out minded citizens. Religious argument which includes anti-abortion, and you-will-go-hell threats, and RH bill caused typhoons, is a laughable stuff to put up in front of people whose overwhelming anticipation is on the oncoming flood of freebies from government. A bunch of over-eager, dole-out minded socialist people don't give a shit about prelates craps.

The strongest case against any socialist legislation like RH bill is to abandon religious arguments and focus instead on the idea that no man has a right over anyone's property. With socialist programs, government takes money from people through taxation and redistributes it.

The biggest corruption happens in the government. And in order to perpetuate the corrupt enterprise so that bureaucrats, politicians and interest groups could feast on taxes is to implement socialist programs like Reproductive Health, Conditional Cash Transfer, and a lot of other tax-funded subsidies. This can be easily done by showing-off to ignorant people they could benefit a lot from the program, which of course they do with lots of the funding goes to bureaucrats pockets.  .

Just Leave Socialism to Ants Alone

Just Leave Socialism to Ants Alone

I have yet to find a capitalist ant, a self-proclaimed socialist ant, an ant bureaucrat, or an ant buddha. 

In the sacred unwritten book of Ant's Socialism, the following passage can be found: "For all kinds of ants, the following edict is to be seen as spontaneous: No individual ant or group of ants must utilize, monopolize, or limit in themselves any means of food production in all for the purpose of profit. All activity must be solely for the purpose of fulfilling each colony's survival demands and all of the ants' daily needs."

Humans are really dumbfounded how to achieve that. The ants already did it. I am baffled what kind of social theory might the ants have used to reach their current state of antly affairs. Humans must be envious of the ants, don't you think? Poor intelligent humans.

The Essence of Socialism

Being true to what socialism really means, and I mean the purest form of it, my tongue carries no bud of distaste to it. It is the pro-capitalism fanatics, those with insufficient and dishonest understanding of what they are fighting against, who are the ones who bring bad color to supposedly stain-proof socialism.  Why did I say insufficient and dishonest? Because as opposed to the popular idea that if it is government then it entails socialism. It is not. USSR, though labeled Socialist did not fail because of socialism. It failed because of the stupid and anti-ant idea that  government is the only way to achieve the goal. USSR failed because it tried to utilize the very same strategy which was warned not to be used - the monopoly of control or Government. Socialism can't fail. It's the machinery employed, thought to be the way to achieve the goal, that eventually breaks down.

The rationally ill-equipped capitalism subscribers are not  the only party to blame why socialism seems to be a bad idea. The substantial portion of fault must be put unto the people who were so excited at bringing in the anticipated euphoria of communal harmony as envisioned to be attained through socialism. 

Contrary to popular belief of Marx diehard followers that it was Marx who had ignited socialism to take-off, I suspect Marx himself must be the number one to blame why socialism reached it very much opposed status today. He tried to rush everything, didn't he? What he did is to entice the proletariat, or the working class, to rise in arms against the bourgeois, the middle class and wealthy, by saying they were exploited by the latter and it is the right of the workers, the alleged creators of wealth, to take back what they made believed they own. As a result, those  laborers, who of course majority of them lacked the wisdom Marx might have, can only manage to carry on up to the point of having a trigger-happy mentality. So everyone ended-up choking each other while hypocritically thinking it was all for equality and freedom. 

Ants versus Humans

So what separated the ants from humans? What is the distinctive quality ants have or might not have why they attained the spontaneous order of their society? In comparison, what do humans have and might not have that makes it difficult, if not impossible, to emulate the ants?

I came to see the reason, I believe. But it is a rather partially disinteresting thought. But on the other side, if really sought to attain, would be the key to the promises of socialism. And it is the "elimination of the intellect". Sounds so uninteresting. But wait. Be careful not to impress upon self that such intellect be erased in the literal sense by subjecting each human to some kind of genetic manipulation, a surgery, or anything that could render the intellect incapable of creative activities. 

Am I Nuts? I have no plans sending my kids to college.

Am I Nuts? I have no plans sending my kids to college.

College degree will not make everyone rich. This is not false for me. Not few got rich even without a college degree. Not few, too, got their college degrees yet ended-up not getting richer. I am not inclined to say which one I belong. Either of the two is a reality I see everyday.

Though I am as nuts as anyone would think, I am not embarking on a serious plan for my kids on their not-so-distant college days. While others consider going to college as a grand Plan A (or to many the only plan they have), I decided why not go to my grand Plan B instead?

Milton Friedman - Four Ways to Spend Money

Milton Friedman - Four Ways to Spend Money

Here is a Milton Friedman valuable insight. Four ways to spend money:

1. Spend your own money for yourself
2. Spend your money for sombody else
3. Spend somebody else's money for yourself
4. Spend somebody else's money for somebody else

Of all these, what our government is very good at is the fourth way.

Anyway, let's begin with the first item. When you spend your own money for yourself, the tendency would be, which is true all the time, you want to have the best services and goods in