Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ 22 Dec 2021 11:07)
Thats pretty dumb. Sometimes it saves you money. Take "free" healthcare. Every estimate, even by conservative think tanks, agrees that we would save a ton of money with national healthcare because its simply more efficient. When people have access to preventative care they work more, live better lives, and save healthcare cost in the long run.
I think we must really distinguish between full-blown communism and social democracy here. The things he described are only true in communism while a system with sensible, well-calibrated regulations and an adequate social safety tends to perform better than a system characterised by free market fundamentalism. The term "socialism" is really murky in this regard because it (at least in colloquial conversation) encompasses such a wide range of systems, from something very close to communism to something like Sweden.