Socialism to Come

2006-8-13 03:24:00

Larry quoting me:

Some day through free will mankind will incorporate the best of the two systems, but it cannot be accomplished by Big Brother, or the Beast of authority.

Larry:

More or less agreed. Personally I think little or none of socialism will be in this system. The human impulse to charity along with the ability to initiate true and real "profits" will be the key to that age.

I do not see it as socialism as it exists today, for all social programs today are imposed by governments through force. For instance, if you are in Canada or England you have to pay for socialized medicine whether you want to participate or not.

In the United States you have to pay into the Social Security system. You can't just take the money and create your own savings account.

We must ask ourselves what is the ideal purpose of a social program? Basically the answer is this. It combines the resources of the many so participants can draw from such resources when needed. Social Security and Medicare basically do this.

Private non governmental programs also do this.

One good example is private insurance. Many pay into a health insurance program and when someone gets sick he gets to draw the benefits. The difference between this and socialized medicine is that in socialism the premium is paid through a forced tax and in the other it is paid through a free will premium. In both systems there is a payment and a benefit from the payment.

History has proven, however that private insurance (or private anything else) is much more efficient and has a much lower cost overall.

Now many would not call private insurance a social program but the end result is very similar.

The same goes for something like a timeshare. Many of the rich will own an expensive home or condo in a vacation area and only use it a week or so out of the year. On the other hand, if 52 people buy 52 shares in a similar property then all 52 families can have a week out of the year in a vacation condo and have all of the benefits of the rich family for a small fraction of the cost. This sharing of resources and reducing cost can be a great social benefit.

This is the type of approach that I see being adopted by the gathering of lights. If some do not like the shared participation they can withdraw or move to another gathered city where the government is more to their liking.

So what about the poor, one may ask? One of the benefits of socialism in the world today is that the poor get healthcare and financial assistance.

Under a good free-will system there would be no poor, unless one just refused to work when he is able. I will be writing a treatise in the near future about the economic system of the new age. I cannot cover this in any detail