Archive for Myths and Misconceptions
The Insanity of the Expiring Bush Tax Cuts
Posted by: | CommentsThe looming expiration date of the “Bush Tax Cuts” is fast approaching. The tax cuts are set to expire on January 1st, effectively raising income, estate, and investment taxes across the board on all income levels, and thereby spurring debates among politicians on what to do. President Obama and other Democrats such as Nancy Pelosi are proposing to extend the tax cuts for the middle class only, i.e. to individuals with incomes of less than $200,000 per year or households with less... Read More→
Myth: Socialism and Communism Are Very Different Things
Posted by: | CommentsModern socialists would like to distance themselves from communism because of its bad reputation and often claim that communism is unrelated to socialism or at best tenuously related, but this is not the case. Numerous people have come to this site and complained about its logo because it contains a communist symbol, which according to them, has barely anything to do with socialism, or perhaps nothing at all. Let’s see indeed what are the differences between socialism and communism… From... Read More→
Socialism Doesn’t Work: What Does That Mean?
Posted by: | CommentsWhat do we mean by “socialism doesn’t work”? To clarify things, I’d first like to look at an analogy. A car doesn’t work if it can’t be driven to go from point A to point B, which is its fundamental purpose. A car cannot be said to not work if it fails to make toasts and coffee for example, and that’s because making toasts and coffee is not the purpose, design nor the intention of a car. Similarly, “socialism doesn’t work” means that... Read More→
Denmark Is No Proof that Socialism Is Good
Posted by: | CommentsThere seems to be a new (perhaps a recycled) argument about the greatness of socialism circulating around these days. I’m not sure what brought it forth, but I suspect it all started recently after Oprah did a profile of the country of Denmark. Denmark, as you may know, is a country with quite a lot of social programs. And so the argument goes: Denmark has a lot of socialism and is a successful country, therefore socialism is good. There are two main problems with this argument: 1. Is socialism... Read More→
Misconception: Police, Fire, Road Construction, Etc. Are Proof that Socialism Is Great
Posted by: | CommentsThis is the most common type of argument I get, and I’ve seen it take the following forms: 1. Government Service X works, and that’s socialism, therefore socialism works/is great. 2. You wouldn’t want to not have Government Service X? No you wouldn’t! And Government Service X is socialist, therefore, you can’t say you don’t want socialism. 3. Conservatives, if you really hate socialism, I demand you immediately call for all services of type Government Service... Read More→
The Iraq war is a very common fixation among socialists so here goes: Regardless of whether letting a brutal dictator, who was actively shooting at US Air Force planes (there to prevent a genocide), paying money for suicide bombers, violating UN resolutions, preventing UN inspectors form doing their job, and has killed hundreds of thousands of people in the past, get away scot-free is a good idea or not (and it’s okay which ever way you think here because any war has a cost)… The war... Read More→
