Calling it an argument is giving that phrase too much credit. In reality it is nothing more than a cliche to get people to stop thinking about why they can’t have nice things.
Still, if you want to debunk it, you can point to the many examples of socialism being successful: Compare the quality of life in places like Russia and China before and after the communist revolution (and in the case of Russia, the quality of life after counter-revolution), the scientific accomplishments, etc.
If you want to take the opportunity to properly deprogram someone who said this to you, try to get them to ask the age old question: Qui Bono? “Communism sounds nice but doesn’t work in reality” is a mantra that was made with the purpose of getting people to stop thinking it’s possible to build a more equitable world. Sounds awfully convenient for the landlords and billionaires who profit from the current system, doesn’t it?
As a final point, here are some short videos that can help people understand that socialism does work, and works better than capitalism.
Calling it an argument is giving that phrase too much credit. In reality it is nothing more than a cliche to get people to stop thinking about why they can’t have nice things.
Still, if you want to debunk it, you can point to the many examples of socialism being successful: Compare the quality of life in places like Russia and China before and after the communist revolution (and in the case of Russia, the quality of life after counter-revolution), the scientific accomplishments, etc.
If you want to take the opportunity to properly deprogram someone who said this to you, try to get them to ask the age old question: Qui Bono? “Communism sounds nice but doesn’t work in reality” is a mantra that was made with the purpose of getting people to stop thinking it’s possible to build a more equitable world. Sounds awfully convenient for the landlords and billionaires who profit from the current system, doesn’t it?
As a final point, here are some short videos that can help people understand that socialism does work, and works better than capitalism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tmi7JN3LkA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEwojLs0PFw
Also a study on physical quality of life between economic systems:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1646771/pdf/amjph00269-0055.pdf
Exactly. It’s a thought terminating cliche. For a few other common examples, look at the lib responses in this very thread!
How is this not a U2 cover band somewhere?