Thread: Why Socialism Doesn't Work

Originally Posted by Voldmer

I have not followed this thread in detail, so I may be missing the point here, but I'm in favour of a completely free market and totally opposed to socialism in any form. As far as grading students is concerned, that should be left to the body issuing the grades. Ideally, there would be private organisations - completely unconnected to the educational institutions - that did the grading of students (for payment). Society would then work out, what a grade from the various private grading organisations was worth.

Good deal. I'm with you on that.

The grade point analogy involves redistributing grade points so that the less fortunate students can pass. I am trying to get Original Poster to tell me what would go wrong in a system like that, but he is dodging the key question because he knows that his answer will involve saying exactly what is wrong with economic socialism. We've been arguing about socialism since about the time he became a member here.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

The grade point analogy involves redistributing grade points so that the less fortunate students can pass. I am trying to get Original Poster to tell me what would go wrong in a system like that, but he is dodging the key question because he knows that his answer will involve saying exactly what is wrong with economic socialism. We've been arguing about socialism since about the time he became a member here.

Okay, thanks for the summary.

Funny, I thought OP had a rather anarchistic ideology (the Guy Fawkes mask etc.), but I must have read too few posts here in "extended discussion".

Originally Posted by Voldmer

Okay, thanks for the summary.

Funny, I thought OP had a rather anarchistic ideology (the Guy Fawkes mask etc.), but I must have read too few posts here in "extended discussion".

He supports socialistic anarchy, which I don't think could ever happen even for two seconds on a large scale. He might want to tell you more about it.