Socialism is defined as Government control of the means of production, instead of private ownership, (property rights). Socialism goes against human nature as you can read about in this article, “Does Socialism Work? A Classroom Experiment”, by Dan Mitchell at danielmitchell@wordpress.com. Human beings are self-interested and will work harder for their own benefit than they’ll work for the benefit of others. The human nature of a child born in today’s world hasn’t changed, it is the same as a child born in prehistoric times. A child has to be taught to share, selfishness is natural to him, and even when he becomes a civilized member of society, self-interest is still his default position. In the article mentioned above, (more…)