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Originally posted by legion
Both.
How does society benefit from maintaining a large number of unmotivated, unproduction people? Under a socialist system, each progressive generation becomes less and less productive, and the numbers of those who produce nothing and only consume grow. Eventually the system breaks when there are too few producers supporting too many non-producers.
How does an individual benefit from having his income reduced to support a large number of unmotivated, unproduction people?
The only people who benefit from a socialist system are the lazy.
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It doesn't have to be either - or. Don't you get that? You can have a capitalist system that still attempts to address collective or "social" issues - issues such as health care, education and the environment - issues that concern society collectively - in a "socialist fashion".
Socialism merely recognizes that in relation to certain issues the collective good is more important than the individual good.