5 Myths About Socialism

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1. The Nordic countries are Socialist

Nordic countries have free market systems; not government-controlled economies. Their high taxes lead to lavish social benefits. The Nordic nations are welfare states. Their governments do not interfere in business.

2. Socialists want to take away your property

This myth confuses private property with personal property. When socialists talk about the abolition of private property, they are referring to the socialization of the means of production—the resources and equipment that create wealth. Working people do not own this type of property—which is why we have to work to survive. Right now, the wealth of the 1,000 billionaires is equal to that of the 3.5 billion poorest people on the planet. To provide everyone with more, that wealth must be redistributed into various welfare programs.

3. The dictatorship of the proletariat is Fascism

The two-party “democratic” system under capitalism is in fact a dictatorship of the Bourgeoise. Under it, working people create all the wealth, but capitalists—who own the corporations and banks—have all the economic power and use it to control politics.

In Marxist philosophy, the dictatorship of the proletariat is a state of affairs in which the proletariat holds political power. The term "dictatorship" indicates full control of the means of production by the state. The dictatorship of the proletariat is to be governed through the process of democratic centralism, which Lenin described as "diversity in the discussion, unity in action".

4. Under socialism, there is no incentive to work

Socialism rewards hard work, while under capitalism the richest people are the ones who do no work at all. In a socialist society, the working class controls the means of production and the fruits of its labor and therefore has a real stake in the realization of its full capacity to produce. The main incentive to work under capitalism is the threat of being fired and starvation.

Under socialism, a person is paid according to the work they do. And those who are unfit to work, old people and specially abled people gets subsidised.

5. Socialists don’t respect freedom of religion

Socialists consider religion a private matter, and actively fight against discrimination based on religion. Marx never called for the banning of religion. He pointed out how historically religious institutions have discouraged people from fighting against oppression. They instruct poor and working people to wait instead for a better after-life.

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