It's almost impossible to refute 2400 words of pro socialist gobbledygook and anti free market propaganda in 350 words, but I'll try.

With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of socialist economic models everywhere, and the examples of socialist paradises like Cuba and Venezuela around for everybody to examine, how anybody can still think that socialism has any merit is beyond me.

But Tristram is a believer. He goes on and on about equality. But I can tell you right now, that one form of equality that Tristram will never agree to is equality of taxation. No-o-o-o way, Jose. His whole concept of economics is to tax the rich lemons until their pips squeak so that he and his comrades can pretend to be sticking up for the "poor." And if there are not enough "poor" to get political power, then import them from third world sheetholes where Tristram knows they are always going to be a social problem forever.

Then Tristam can bang on forever about "equality" again. You see civil libertarians once demanded "equality of opportunity", but when they got it, it wasn't enough. The idea was that the poor oppressed, (who are equal to everybody else in intelligence and motivation) if given "equality of opportunity", would be raised from their lowly status and all become high school valedictorians. But that didn't happen. So Tristram and his comrades now bang on about "equality of outcomes". That is, unless every poor person ceases to exist in free market economies, and become equal in every way with the upper classes, then something is wrong with free market economies. This requires "affirmative action" where the poor become "more equal" by getting special considerations.

It's all a rort to curry favour with minorities.

It's exactly the same idiotic thinking that saw the Chinese Red Army remove badges of rank from their uniforms because rank badges automatically suggested inequality. When the Chinese Army invaded Vietnam it got it's arse kicked. Socialism is exactly like religion. You just have to beli-i-i-e-ve, and it will be pie in the sky when you die.

1 thought Australia had become rich enough that no one had to eat tripe these days.

Still Tristan dishes it out, & obviously expects us to consume it.

Come on mate, that garbage is long past it's use by date, & we should move well away from such proven stupidity.

Tristan Ewins has a PhD
LEGO & Hasbeen,
The above is ample explanation ! No need for 350 words.

"It's almost impossible to refute 2400 words of pro socialist gobbledygook and anti free market propaganda in 350 words, but I'll try."

Can't argue with that...

Tristan, I really think it's time to your big-boy pants on.

None Dare Call It Conspiracy
The Plan Of The International Bankers To Create a World Socialist Super-State

http://modernhistoryproject.org/mhp?Article=NoneDare

- Please read this, learn something new and kindly unscramble your brain -

"His whole concept of economics is to tax the rich lemons until their pips squeak so that he and his comrades can pretend to be sticking up for the 'poor'."

Is the glass half full or is it half empty?

Socialism was never about lifting up the poor in the first place;
More likely bringing down the middle class to the level of the poor.

Creates an easy source of manageable labour.
Puts a smaller entitled group in charge, with everyone else under the whip.

I'd love to see Tristan practice what he preaches.
Posted any selfies behind a plow lately Tristan?

The critics missed this passage in my article:

"But many Socialists themselves have assumed 'perfect equality' is unachievable and undesirable, even under socialism at least until 'absolute abundance' is achieved - though given the relative nature of prosperity that might be a long way off.

Social Democratic Marxists Karl Kautsky and Eduard Bernstein variously made that point that for the foreseeable future there would remain differences of remuneration based on skill, effort, and the undesirable and unpleasant nature of some labour."