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One counterpoint is that a lot of social programs are hard to get rid of. Even though the right campaigns against new social programs sometimes, there’s no way
by noahtallen 5y ago
One counterpoint is that a lot of social programs are hard to get rid of. Even though the right campaigns against new social programs sometimes, there’s no way they can convince their electorate to get rid of existing social programs. For example, there would be very little political will to get rid of government-provided unemployment insurance, even though right-wing rhetoric is often against that sort of program.
- bitwize 5y agoI'm not sure that social programs rise to the level of socialism (despite right-wing rhetoric that says they do). Socialism means no private business, no private ownership of the means of production. You can own things that you yourself might use, but as soon as you can produce more things, what you use to produce will be seized and collectively administered for the good of all. Not everybody will be convinced that this will lead to the promised paradise of maximal creative freedom and abundance for all, so not everybody in a democratic system will vote to continue socialism and there's a risk that a majority will not! Well, that is, until the kulak purges begin.