Quote Originally Posted by SinglerM View Post
The reality is......It creates a system where there is no desire for people to want to excel or succeed for themselves.
I believe it appeals to those looking for someone or some agency to give them something, paid for by someone else. Once people become conditioned to a standard of living that requires these handouts, they probably can't imagine life without them.
But that's not true. People in communist countries (and I mean China, Cuba, Venezuella, North Korea,, former USSR and Eastern Europe,) do have desire to excel and succeed for themselves.
If you read the Bible, the model that Jesus set and the church practices described there have much stronger emphasis on community than on individualism. If you take a look at successful american corporations there is a constant attempt to build community. There is value in community, that's why most of us come here to post.
I am not defending communism here, just pointing out that if you look at the people they have pretty common goals in life, regardless what kind of their government and structure of society.