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Of course not - that’s precisely the point. Your original argument suggests that in order for whatever bizarre definition of “socialism” you’re taking about to work everyone needs to share voluntarily. Somehow along the way “socialism” became confused with a commune. It’s not a commune it’s a form of government.

Micah541 2y ago

I suppose I’m reacting to “Socialism sounds good because it is posited as a system where people share more.”

Nobody posits it as a system where people voluntarily share more. I don’t want socialism because I believe that Elon will share more and throw me a few scraps. Socialism sounds good because we will never have to rely on Elon voluntary sharing so that my kids have public schools etc. and yes of course to build the roads.

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Guy Swann 2y ago

Sometimes I’m still amazed at how easy it is for us to believe that because the government has monopolized something, that it would be impossible to have it without them, even if we did before government monopolized it.

Micah541 2y ago

Guilty as charged. I look at Sweden’s healthcare system, and really find it hard to believe that this would just happen organically if you took the government away.