Tag: lazy people
Socialism in Practice
by drinker on Nov.24, 2008, under Random Thoughts for the Day
If you ever wanted to do a little experiment to figure out why socialism fails do the following.
Get a little lunch group together. Preferably with a jerk or two. The second requirement should not be too hard to do, as most people are jerks. Hopefully you have a group of about 8 people or more. Go to lunch and get one bill. At the end of the meal just split the tip and bill 8 ways (or how ever many people are in the group). Do not account for who got what. Just split it evenly. Note who got what and how much each person spent individually. Especially note what the experimental jerks ordered.
Do the same lunch again next week. At the end of the meal again check what people ordered. The per person expense should have increased. If not keep repeating for a few more weeks. It will eventually increase (before the restaurant raises prices itself).
It should not take a genius to figure out what is going on. The first few people will see a real benefit to their bottom line by scamming the system, but soon the whole group will be recklessly ordering food. This my fellow readers is the primary reason that socialism fails. People figure out the game and very soon they begin to exploit it. Soon everyone is scamming the system and it collapses under its own weight.
Good luck and there is never a free lunch. Occasionally government subsidies but it’s never free.
