Socialism is charity for the lazy and the heartless.

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There are basically two kinds of people when it comes to charity, those who give and those who don't. Those of us who give do so for all sorts of reason and in many ways. Some give money or necessities, others give of their time and/or skills and talents. We decide what we'll give, when and to whom. There are also two kinds of people who don't give charitable contributions. Those who choose not to give of their money, time or skills and those who don't give, but insist that everyone else should. These are the sort that socialism, communism and any other economic system that is based on someone else deciding what someone else should be allowed to own and/or keep. Socialism is for the lazy because, under socialism it's ok not to do anything because they are going to enjoy the same "equality" as those who work. Everyone owns the fruits of labor equally, so the lazy will be rewarded equally with the hard working. Socialism is for the heartless because it takes away the need or desire to help others who are less fortunate. This is especially true in societies that aren't socialist, but have people pushing for it. We see examples of this amongst the politicians and celebrities who get on their soapbox pointing their stinky little fingers at everyone else for "not giving enough", but don't seem to give much themselves. These people seem to have a fascination with leaders like Castro, Ho Chi Mihn, Che Quevera, Hugo Chavez and in some cases even Stalin and Lenin. They hold these leader up as heroes of the people because they had the guts to "spread the wealth"... but in the end more wealth seems to be spread their way and less seems to make it to anyone else. But that doesn't seem to matter to the socialist activist. They do emulate their heroes though because, while they seem to have millions at their disposal, 1, 2, or maybe a whopping 5% is all they seem to find it in their hearts to part with. To them the rest of us just refuse to give enough though, so the government should take more and more to give to the poor and down trodden. To them the role of government is to be the "great equalizer" between the "haves" and "have nots". These heartless souls are really nothing but bigots. Their prejudices are no different than the racists and the sexists who waste their lives lumping everyone in their target group together. These bigots paint all "the rich" (except themselves and their friends) as evil theives who live to cause pain and suffering to the poor. They paint the poor as mindless and helpless victims who are completely incapable of doing anything for themselves. Many of these people are so heartless that they don't even part with their riches to help their own relatives, but they are quick to send those relatives to government programs, so the taxpayers can take care of them. For me, I say we should all have the right to decide what is necessity and what is excess for ourselves. We have the right to decide who we want to help, when, and why. It's not the role of government or pissants in high places to decide that for us.