Economics Entry #2

                While the rich should not be selfish with their money, they should also not be forced to give it up. They worked to get their money and it does not seem very fare to give it to someone who is not willing to work. Yes there are some people who are poor that are not lazy, but a fair amount of them are. If a poor person wants to get money, they need to find work. It does not have to be glamorous; they can start out with something small and over time work their way up to a more advanced job which will pay more money. The point is that they should not expect the money to just be given to them; they need to work for it. Also, someone who works at the local McDonalds should not be paid the same amount as the doctor. It is just not right for them to be paid the same amount. After all, the doctor has to know a lot more and work a lot harder than the McDonalds employee. Also, the government cannot force people to believe that the wealth should be shared equally. The government may try to force people to believe this, but there is always someone who will rebel and the government doesn’t want that either. Besides, even though many people think that Socialism is a good idea, Communism usually follows, and only leads to destruction. Also, in Mr. Moore’s video he said that if we equally distributing everything “we own everything”. This would lead to nothing but chaos. I personally do not want someone coming and taking my bike or my computer just because they think it belongs to them. It would just make steeling even more common. And even though it would not technically be steeling if everyone owned it I would personally still not be okay with it and I know very few people who would actually be okay with it.  So yes, in a perfect world where everyone worked equally hard and man was not greedy Socialism might work, but not in our current world filled with extremely sinful human beings.  

Economics Entry #1

                Mr. Moore made the statement that “All great religions say essentially the same thing Marx said”. It is true that many of the world’s largest religions want the rich to give to the poor and that we are to help the poor. However, how this is carried out is not the same for all religions. Marx believed in forcefully taking away from the rich to bring up the poor to make everyone equal. Then the Islamic do not really believe that the poor are to be brought up in society. They just have to give them some of their yearly salary. As for Judaism and Christianity, they are the only two that really seem to have the same ideas. Both Judaism and Christianity believe that man is to help the poor, and if necessary give up everything we have to help them, but this is because it is what God has told us to do in the Bible. Unlike Marx the Christians and Jews have God to put their faith in and helping the poor is not a forced act, it is something that we to out of obedience to God our Creator.

                Mr. Moore also stated that when it comes to Socialism “we all have a say”. This is true, if we all agree with a Secular worldview and you agree with what the government believes. It does seem like a good idea for everyone to get along and for everyone to help each other out so that we can have a society where everyone is treated equal; but sadly this can never really be done. Man is too sinful and whenever a society does adapt to Socialism, Communism is surly to follow. Communism as it has been done throughout the history of the world is not really something that most people want repeated. A Communist government just cannot work in this world because of man’s sinful nature. While many of Mr. Moore’s points do sound like good ideas for the world to live by, they are not really practical for our sinful world to live by.