Message from @ETBrooD
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the problem of scale.
Redistribution of wealth is the less dysfunctional part of socialism
At the end of the day if you take that 99% of the money in 1% of the populations hands and divide it among the other 99% of the population the actual amount of money they get is fuck all.
I did the math on Bill Gates and it was like 1,000 dollars per person
That's minimum wage's monthly income.
collectivization doesn't necessarily = state ownership
Yeah, and also another things
That and 99% of their shit is physical property
which costs too much to be divided
And lastly
It’s a one time deal also
Money has to be concentrated to actually be worth anything.
Nothing in the socialist definition says that wealth must be redistributed to the less fortunate
If i own an office building that's worth a lot
It can go to the wealthy instead
I can do a lot with an office building
if I own one fuckin square foot of an office building
its completely useless.
and also a beurocratic nightmare to even use the building now.
what is this supposed to be analogous to
Its supposed to be literal.
The building is owned by someone.
You redistribute the wealth of that person including the building.
Also there’s the matter of investment versus consumption spending. The rich would invest more than poor people with the Rich’s resources.
How.
The building costs too much to give it all to one person
its also not useful if you don't own a big chunk of it.
Whatever is owned doesn't neccessarily have to be used
Socialism or capitalism doesn't matter in that regard
You can't sell it to anyone, because nobody can afford to buy the entire thing because you redistributed all the fucking wealth
if you're talking about socialism then it would just be collectively owned?
Furthermore redistributing the wealth is fucking retarded anyway, because even if you did somehow snap your fingers and do it, 0.05 seconds later someone would buy something and wealth would be uneven.
June collective ownership doesn't work beyond like 3-4 people.
i mean what do you mean by work
You have to give it to the state at that point
which isn't the same
no you don't
Redistribution of wealth doesn't mean equal wealth
Depends on what you mean by collective ownership
If you have a car, and 100 people own it, try to use the car.
I think you're misunderstanding the meaning of socialism
there are cooperative businesses with literally millions of employees