- 14 Mar 2006 01:22
#828718
That former and present socialist countries have low morale is kind of a cliche.
But it occured to me recently that in a state where resources are shared equally, suffering will be shared too.
If there aren't enough resources to go around, everyone will be short whereas in capitalist ones, because of inequality there will always be some people that will easily weather times of shortage while others starve.
As a result, in times of great shortage, a country where resources are shared will have a larger percentage of population that is suffering than in an unequal one even when per capita resources are the same.
It sucks, but it's true.
But it occured to me recently that in a state where resources are shared equally, suffering will be shared too.
If there aren't enough resources to go around, everyone will be short whereas in capitalist ones, because of inequality there will always be some people that will easily weather times of shortage while others starve.
As a result, in times of great shortage, a country where resources are shared will have a larger percentage of population that is suffering than in an unequal one even when per capita resources are the same.
It sucks, but it's true.