By Charles Novitsky
Although, the idea behind communism, and its weaker sibling: socialism, sound like beautiful solutions to the hunger and strife we see around the world, it has proved difficult to enact and control. It has yet to bring its bounty of promise, since various forms of it have been tried. Tried even before Marx popularized it. Perhaps one of the earlier, but certainly not earliest was the Mayflower Compact, amongst the new Pilgrims.
Regardless of its root, this article is designed to be short and sweet:
Assertion: The concept of (state) welfarism is unsustainable, and only appears to work till its several flaws are exposed. For this article, a FLAW will be defined is a consequence...in other words, "a consequence of welfarism". These sequelae are highlighted below.
But, we can also evaluate Socialism, based on ethics. For example, a consequence of John Doe robbing a bank, may be beneficial to him, as he now has more money in his pocket... but the morality of the act is wrong. Theft being judged as wrong, is one of the basic moral norms in nearly every culture, and society---even amongst thieves.
So, Briefly, welfarism is wrong because it requires the action of coercion and theft of someones property or labor. Some might argue, that this moral issue is even more important than its consequence, and thus, should properly be mentioned first.
But, since this article is about the consequential problems which expose that welfarism is unsustainable, and flawed... lets get into some of the meat.
a) Welfarism systematically rewards for unproductivity and/or laziness and/or financial irresponsibility, till eventually there are more takers than givers (=unsustainable)
b) Welfarism destroys the autonomous market (capitalistic process), and hinders the entrepreneurial reward system that is the engine of future investment. This engine and the furthered investment of money, time, or research results in better more efficient products. A sort of evolution of better products takes lace. Without this entrepreneurial process, people cant find abundant jobs, and eventually, similar to Venezuela or Brazil, everyone is jobless, poor, hungry, and desperate (=unsustainable)
c) As a consequence of the above (b), this hunger, fear, and desperation destroys the cohesive, civil fabric that allows groups of people to non-violently cooperate (=unsustainable)
d) Welarism causes financial burden and depletion of local resources (jobs, housing etc.), because an even larger influx of poor (foreign and national) will seek the rewards, and thus move from poor cities in USA, or poor nations for free money and subsidized, or free rent (=unsustainable)
f) Socialism historically doesn't remain static, it tends to grow like a snowball, giving even more power to the politicians and the state--till a needy spendthrift government consumes or controls a majority of the GDP (annual productive wealth of a nation) becoming so bloated and top heavy, till it eventually collapses of its own weight, like USSR (=unsustainable).
e) Welfare slowly attracts those, who by virtue of poverty, and typically low skills, and low education, need this assistance permanently, thus accumulating, and accumulating, till the camel's back is broken. (=unsustainable)
