Can the workers ever be wrong?

[DJP]

SocialistPunk wrote:

So when people say "It's a nice idea but it'll never work" or "What about the fact people will always want more than they've fair share", is their rejection based on conscious understanding or something else? 

When people say "It's a nice idea and it will work" or "It's a fact that people will not always want more than there fair share", is their acceptance based on conscious understanding or something else? 

[SocialistPunk]

DJP wrote:

SocialistPunk wrote:

So when people say "It's a nice idea but it'll never work" or "What about the fact people will always want more than they've fair share", is their rejection based on conscious understanding or something else? 

When people say "It's a nice idea and it will work" or "It's a fact that people will not always want more than there fair share", is their acceptance based on conscious understanding or something else? 

Would love to give a fuller more rounded response to your post DJP, but it just looks like a load of bollocks.If you think I'm talking a load of bollocks, I would appreciate you just say so, instead of trying to be clever.

[DJP]

I don't think you're talking bollocks. Just seems that the answer to the question put both ways round is the same… Don't you think?

[SocialistPunk]

I'm sorry for snapping DJP, I'd just read an unwarranted comment on another thread (now changed) and was probably venting my anger a bit on you.I see what you're getting at now. In that case I don't know the answer to either, just seem to be slipping further down the rabbit hole.

[rodshaw]

Someone I argued with (a normal working class chap) told me that not only did he not agree with my idea of socialism, but he would actively oppose such a society being established.I think that most people who have heard the case for socialism and rejected it (and I'm not convinced there are that many) are doing so because they know their world view belongs to the majority and they don't really think there's any chance of it happening. Or if they do, they see it as a threat to their lifestyles. If socialism were to gain significantly more support (presumably from people other than the type described) their views would start to change too.

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