Explain Like I'm Five

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Because it is opposed to clasical liberalism. that is the idea that humans can choose their own direction and control their own persuit of life. 'life, liberty and property'.

socalists like to talk about capitalisn because that is an easy strawman to beat up. the fundamentals of liberty are very differnt from their conception of capitalism though and they don't want you to know just how messed up their theory realy is.

don't confuse clasical liberalism from what modern language calls liberal.

Decades of fox news propaganda, that's all. They tapped into the cold war talking points when it came to anything Obama campaigned on.

I think the general idea of those against it is that they assume it is zero sum. Meaning, for everyone to be taken care of, the person must lose or have less.

The people who don't like socialism mean something else. To them, socialism is when the government takes care of you and your neighbors. This is scary and can go badly: sometimes the government does not know your needs, isn't paying good attention, or is making choices in a bad way. There are examples of governments that said they would take care of everything for everyone, and then many many people didn't get enough food.

People also worry about a little socialism, because when the government takes care of some things automatically, it means local communities don't have to worry about those things. Then the people in the community forget how to do them (imagine tasks like building houses) themselves, and that makes them more dependent on the government. This is also scary, because in an emergency (like after a flood) you might not be the governments first priority. It also means that you can more easily live in a place without being part of a local community (like a church), and that loss of close friends makes everyone more lonely and sad.

It's not clear that the people with these worries are right. Other systems also have problems, and so even if there are good concerns here, maybe socialism is still best.

Remember to look for nice people who disagree with you, and listen to their fears, needs and dreams. It is easy to end up in echo chambers, and feel like everyone who disagrees with you is dumb, evil, or crazy. But usually we only see the loudest (not the smartest or kindest) voices that disagree with us. Algorithms and popularity contests online really like to reward things that make you angry.

The kind we know from history and China has the problem of giving some individuals way too much power over others. But so does capitalism in the long run, in way meaner ways.

Capitalist propaganda, the Nazi party's title, and the cold war. That's to keep it short.