Here are the income distributions of two societies. That is, this chart shows how large a percentage of the population (y-axis) in each society earns a certain salary (x-axis). I’ve have not put numbers on the axes to keep this independent on actual [...]
Archive of posts tagged Socialism
Poll: Preferred Society
Posted by Michael on 20 April 2011, 2:28 pm
Tagged Liberalism, Politics, Poll, Socialism
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Why Workers’ Unions, Equal Wages and Minimum Wages are as bad as Monopolies and Cartels
Posted by Michael on 17 October 2010, 12:24 pm
Here I’ll argue that workers’ unions have similarities to monopolies and that equal/minimum wages have similarities with cartels, and note the difference in how these are dealt with. Monopolies and Cartels Monopolies have a bad ring to them. Nobody likes monopolies, in peoples’ minds [...]
On State-sponsored Art
Posted by Michael on 28 December 2009, 3:42 pm
In this post I am in no way trying to define art – whenever I write art, you’re welcome to read almost anything you want, be it music, paintings, crap in a can, soccer matches, movies or something completely else. It’s no secret, I’m [...]
Tagged Art, Britney, Facepalm, How about thinking that thru?, Politics, Socialism, Stupid idea, Taxes
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Isn’t Socialism Really Un-solidary?
Posted by Michael on 19 November 2009, 1:01 am
At the same time, the more to the right you get, the more you are for everybody should earn their own money and pay their own expenses.
Communism dictates that the state (or people) own everything and all are paid the same amount or the amount they need. Capitalism dictates that we pay nothing to the common kitty, and hence there is nothing to distribute; you basically want to get as much of the money you earn as you can. Most countries are somewhere in between nowadays.
Damn Socialism!
Posted by Michael on 17 September 2009, 1:04 am
Today I got my heating bill for the last year. It always infuriates me. People, who know me, know I usually wear shorts, and I don’t mind if it’s chilly. For the sake of my computers, which don’t particularly like it too cold, I [...]
