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Title: Envy and Poverty
Source: Rockwell
URL Source: [None]
Published: Jul 18, 2007
Author: Gary North
Post Date: 2007-07-18 10:42:11 by ghostdogtxn
Keywords: None
Views: 221
Comments: 10

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#3. To: ghostdogtxn (#0)

In 1966, the German sociologist Helmut Schoeck wrote a classic book, Envy: A Theory of Social Behavior. He argued that envy is the root cause of socialism and other forms of compulsory wealth redistribution.

If this were true, then all socialistic nations would be a total failure. Problem: Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark are all socialistic nations, and they all are doing better in every measurable way than we are. They have a better standard of living, better health care, better education, more transparent and less corrupt governments, more press freedom, lower infant mortality, more advanced technology etc. If it's good they have more of it, if it's bad they have less of it than we do. This is not to say that are not examples of badly implemented and even toxic socialism, because there are, but when socialism is done right it appears to produce superior results to our system.

Therefore, I must conclude this article is a bunch of hokum perpetrated by those who benefit from the current status quo in this nation. Another fine example of think-tank propaganda from the tools of the "we got ours, screw you" brigades who own this nation.

Elliott Jackalope  posted on  2007-07-18   14:21:31 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#4. To: Elliott Jackalope (#3)

That must have been why the old Soviet Union, East Germany, Cuba and other peoples paradises were and are so wonderful. As for Scandinavia they are starting to see problems now that they too have a huge underclass as we do dragging down everyone else. Too bad losers like you cannot see that lack of effort is the usual cause of failure in open societies. No one is going to make you do what has to be done to be fairly well off. It is so easy to blame faceless others for a lack of effort on your own part. Get off the bong and exert yourself.

willyone  posted on  2007-07-18 20:09:04 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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