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Socialism: The Autumn Of Nations And The Korean War

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Title Socialism. It has become a pretty big deal in the US as of late, the youth of the US can't fathom why we can't give some more in taxes to give free healthcare, free education, and for some, basic income. Politicians like Bernie Sanders advertise socialism as a superior system to capitalism and that capitalism is immoral on all grounds. I disagree, so did the polish, balkish, germans, the south and north koreans, and more in The Autumn Of Nations and The Korean War to name a few. It should be concerning that the socialists of recent history have been abhorrent dictators and authoritarian rulers, people like Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Castro. It is defined as An economic system in which goods and services are provided through a central system …show more content…

A problem with this is it stifles growth with businesses, businesses have no reason to grow and are discouraged to even begin because their business is practically not theirs. Even if we set a certain level (i.e. 50 employees) and once you reach it you become socialized it would still greatly harm economic growth as stated by Forbes “Garicano, Lelarge, and Van Reenan examine laws in France that affect only firms with 50 or more workers. They find that this creates more small firms than would otherwise be the case, and the distortions lower GDP by 3.5% by increasing unemployment and keeping productive firms below their optimal size.” (Adam Ozimek) France is a semi socialized country that is experiencing this exact problem. When a business gets to a certain point in it’s size (50 workers in this case), it will become socialized, meaning they have to create three worker’s councils, have profit sharing, and have restructuring plans if said company decides to fire workers. This has lead to a great disproportion in businesses to avoid this, as show by Bloomberg, “The country has 2.4 times as many companies with 49 employees as with 50.” (Gregory Viscuci) A business should not be punished for being successful, when a business is successful that means people want their product or service. When people want that product or service enough the business can …show more content…

Economic Growth and prosperity Quote Like stated in the paragraph prior, competition in an economy is two or more businesses trying to create a better, cheaper, or more convenient product or service to oppose their rival’s product. But this goes deeper than just businesses, workers are the same, when one worker is better the other worker has to become better or faster at their job. It makes for a significantly more productive market, that produces far better products and/or services for consumers. This is what capitalism thrives off of, free markets excel at this and benefits society as a whole. Socialism is incapable of doing this, and this is a big problem for their economy, workers are paid equally, there is no competition. Businesses are not able to grow and gain more employees, competition is minimalized. All of the benefits of competition, all of the growth is practically gone under socialism, which is a big problem if you want a stable

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