On the surface, many have argued that capitalism is the more greedy system. I have read by some others that socialism is altruism incarnate. I believe that they are equally prone to greed and that the concept of greed is not in itself bad. The difference is the motivation for the greed.
A capitalist could be greedy by working overtime and saving his money. It is at the end of the day, his money. He can save it, spend it or give it away. Any person could be greedy with their time. This is also fine because to this person, their lifetime is a finite commodity and if you see money as a physical representation of time, then who wouldn’t want as much life or money as possible. This assumes they are enjoying their life and are not afflicted with a horrible disease such as cancer or liberalism. Wait, liberalism or cancer is actually the proper order.
Now the negatively inclined greed, socialism. A socialist sees society as a tool to make his own life easier. That sounds no different to the belief of a capitalist. The difference is in that the capitalist will use the established concept of the society’s morals to work to attain a better life. This is a choice a responsible person could make. The socialist will get on the welfare system as soon as possible to make sure they are as far away from any actual personal responsibility and the burden of their existence, not that the socialist cares about this part, is put on the fellow members of their society. Everybody understands that there are people who are not physically or mentally able to take care of their own needs. In socialism, the unfortunate evolution is that the society becomes out of balance. This balance is a ratio of the workers who pay into the system versus non-workers who drain the system of resources. These resources are clear to workers but, not so clear to non-workers so I will explain them. A resource can be money, this can be abused by the creatures that think they are mothers but, have been known to have more children so they can receive more welfare money or food stamps, which they in turn can use to by alcohol or trade for alcohol in the case of food stamps. Another resource is time; this can be wasted for example when a highly intellectual Obama voter calls 911 because she did not get her order exactly right at McDonald’s. You just can’t make this shit up. Other resources are vouchers for utilities, tax write-offs (thank to ACORN we know these are all on the up-and-up and would never be used to human-traffick juvenile third world girls into a life of prostitution) and public schools or other government programs where they can drop off their disruptive little hoodlums to hinder others from completing actual intended functions at these places.
As socialist countries go forward in time, the numbers of people who see the benefits of work become less and the people who want to live in their grandmother’s attic and collect unemployment grow more. This eventually becomes mathematically unsustainable. And that is the happy numbers representation. The individuals who are receiving the assistance morph into people who resent workers and feel they are suckers. They also stop feeling grateful and start feeling entitled to the help.
If you think that this isn’t the case, just ask a person on unemployment if they feel they are getting what they deserve or if they should get more. When they say yes ask them how much more they should get? When they come up with a figure that will be more than the person who is working to pay the taxes that allows them to live ask them what they think of the taxpayer. I mean Bill Gates is only one taxpayer eventually; the taxes hit people who are barely making it.
A recent example of entitlement mentality is found in the news story where people shopping in a Burlington Coat store were told be a lady who is crazy that she will pay for up to $500.00 worth of items for everybody in the store. When the people in the store found that it was a lie and the lady did not have the money, they rioted and started damaging the store and bullying workers. Here are exactly the kinds of people that make “social altruism” impossible which is the miracle concept that socialism will need to survive.
Here is a link to the Burlington Coat store that was attacked by wild animals. Oops my bad dawg, I meant well informed Obama voters.
http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2009/10/lottery_hoax_ca.php