Reply #3: This is a bit deep. [View All]

But in the world there are some things, a few of them, with some power, but not unlimited power.

They need authoritarian structures and blind followship to hurt people. Or to do what ever they want.

The fact that most people are more good then bad, makes it hard for them if many people work for better society as a group.

The problems with socialism occur when the people making decisions in that system get taken over like some psychopathic CEO, or public leader is taken over, without heart and reason. Note many CEOs have heart and reason and help much of society, as do many leaders in government.

And that is a tough struggle, the more influence you have, the more they try to break you to hurt people.

Why breaking up consolidations helps everyone also. If one person can not do much damage, the limited powers that do not believe in free will, can not do as much damage. And they are limited, and they don't have very many people they can delude into doing much harm, so they have to have authoritarian structures. And get the people without heart and thinking at the top of those structures, or following them.

Why democracies make better societies for most, but not for a few.

And socialism works if you can keep the top from being told to hurt many people. And that is done by systems of transparency where the many that are more good then bad, don't put up with that.

So the discussion is only part socialism, only part about having governance, but also about better governance for many people.

Any governance if not transparent, and not for the people, can be deluded into harming people. And that includes private sector systems, since they are a form of governance also.