What is the primary criticism leveled against socialism?

Answer 1

The biggest criticism of socialism is that there is little to no incentive to do anything. Another major criticism is that it ultimately leads to communism. The third major criticism is that it gives governments too much power.

Answer 2

it will never work because people are naturally greedy. like in the book Animal Farm, the pigs deceive the other animals (since pigs are naturally the most intelligent of all animals) into thinking that they are doing the same amount of work by supervising and making sure the farm is running smoothly. the pigs also took the milk and apples from the rest of the animals because "it keeps the pigs' minds working so that Jones and his men won't come back". towards the end, Napoleon who represents Stalin from the Russian revolution, becomes a dictator over the farm.

so, basically people are just too greedy therefore socialism will never work.

Animal Farm: good book if you take the time to understand it

Answer 3

There are many points that are seen as negatives in socialism by its critics including:

1) Wealth Theft & Non-Accountability: Socialism is based on the fundamental principle that the government should have the right to steal the hard-earned wealth of the hardest workers to pay for those who have decided to do nothing with their lives. The people who are poor by choice, e.g. they choose not to work hard, are not forced to work in order to feed themselves, because the government will simply provide for them by stealing from the wealthy. As a result, the requirement for a person to be responsible for their own well-being is cut, leading to personal and social immorality.

2) Stagnant Economy: Since Socialism does not actually reward hard work with a better life, the impetus to work harder and invent new technologies dissipates, leaving an economy that will barely progress unless the full weight of the state is behind it.

3) Human Rights Violations: Nearly every country that has attempted large-scale Communism, which is a form of socialism, has led to mass incarceration and mass murder of its civilian population. China's Cultural Revolution was the most deadly single non-war event in the history of humanity with some estimates saying that 60 million people died.

4) Political Correctness: Socialism usually comes to the fore with a sense of moral superiority and its advocates simply argue that those who disagree are not doing so on the merits, but because they do not care about the rest of society. As a result, they enforce speech codes either by law or by social interaction that lead to their enemies being silenced. This inevitably means that as more radical policies are promoted, there are very few people willing to risk death or becoming social outcasts to stop them.

5) Tabula Rasa: Socialists argue that human beings are tabula rasa or blank slates that can simply be molded to take any position and, therefore, seek to re-educate the population to "think Socialisticly". This inevitably results in horrible re-education camps because people are not blank slates, but actually come into the world differently and have different advantages and disadvantages.

6) Internationalism: Socialism purports that there are no real concepts of localized identity or values and, as a result, national identity, history, and desires are swept under the rug.

Answer 4

There are more that 3 criticism of socialism. The 3 main criticism of socialism are not caring at all, leads to communism and power.

Answer 5

It leads to sever social inequalities.