Socialism Can Work 2nd Edition

My rebuttal will address all the points made in round 2 -There is so much world hunger Yes, because oppressive governments take almost all of the people's wealth for themselves, preventing the creation and distribution of wealth through free trade that benefits all, which is also why they are technological backwards, because businesses can not innovate, or even exist, to provide a supply for people's demand when the government steals the people's wealth. -Food shouldn't be a commodity Commodity definition: something of use, advantage, or value. Regardless of what you think, anything that requires labor or resources to obtain has value, and is a commodity (AKA everything that is a physical object), and therefore must be paid for in exchange if you can not obtain it with your own labor and/or resources. If a commodity, such as food, was a right, people would be forced to provide it for others, even if they do not work, meaning people are forced to use their labor and/or resources to provide a product/service to someone for nothing in return; we call that slavery. -Socialism gives free food like in a family Who worked hard and paid for that "free" food provided to the children? Food doesn't come from thin air, farmers work to grow/raise it, and people work to get paid and pay farmers in exchange for their food resource. No resource is free. -People with food in rich countries still work, they will still work if food is given for free??? Why do you think they have food in the first place? They worked to pay for it. -There are homeless in the richest countries They do not work. It is as simple as that; however, they may not have jobs because they have no working experience and no labor education, so their labor is not worth what minimum wage is. If there was no minimum wage, the homeless could stop mooching off welfare and get a job, get enough worker experience, and eventually get a job that pays for a house (assuming they are not lazy and get fired). -Government should pay workers to build housing and give it for free Who will provide for the worker's labor costs and the materials and the planning and design? These all cost money, and someone needs to pay for it. How is it fair that people must pay for their house AND someone else's for nothing in return? -Houses should not be a commodity Again, houses are a commodity because they require labor and resources; making shelter a right forces those who provide them into slavery. -Society should provide free transport Again, who pays for it? Commodities can not justly be made rights, because it forces others to work for it for nothing -Now that these things are free, people can now pay for them with taxes??? Why can't people pay for what they want themselves? People should not have to work for someone's house for nothing in return, that is slavery. If you need other people to pay for them, THEY OBVIOUSLY ARE NOT FREE. -Society will work to provide these things for others Why can they not work for it themselves if they are the ones who want it? No, society will not work for other people's things; they will see that others are not working and getting a free ride, and they will want the same. -Company leaders should be elected by workers Most workers do not know anything about how to run a business, and no one will want to work harder in that position for the same pay. Free trade creates wealth, so why would a prosperous society want to interfere with it? When you force someone to work for someone else's things, they will ask "why do they get to work less, but get the same as me?" Just because we live in an age of civilization does not mean that we do not have to work for food, water, and shelter, or that everything is free. If you want something, you need to use your time, labor, and resources to get it, or pay someone else to provide their time, labor, and resources for you. It is unjust to force people to work for others for nothing in return, it is a violation to their freedom, and it will create a backwards society that is full of people who are unhappy that they can not work harder to have a better life, and will have stopped working because they wanted a free ride like everyone else. And no, people will not just work because they like it, because if it requires more work and time spent on education, people want a reward for their hard work and sacrifice, even if they love doing it. They will not work harder so others can have a free ride.