for some odd reason , left wing socialist types have an anger envy type of mentality towards “speculators”. One known prototypical example - F. Russel , a very good example of the socialist dogma in action. Breaking of any of this socialististic dogma is among the greatest sins in life. “cue jumping” example in socialized medicine , example, example , example. The basic falacy in this logic is the “Pie Theory”. The “pie” remains the same . It never occurs to this crowd that increased efficiency , as rewarded by the marketplace, increases the size of the pie. More for all. Under socialism the pie remains the same in size , or even shrinks. In Communistic Russia everyone had a job , but no one could eat. Even if the foodstuffs or goods were available , they were of very poor quality. On top of that much time was spent , or better described wasted, waiting in line for scarce goods. A lot of effort was spent in how to to get around , or beat the system, in order to provide for basic human needs. It was not a case of ripping off the system for fun, it was the only way to survive the only game in town.
Under the limited Socialistic left wing mindset - if a “wealthy stockbroker” / currency trader / speculator privatized or industry by selling it from the public purse - “they sold Our phone company” “those rich stock traders” . If someone else ( the investor / trader / broker) ate a piece of pie - then that is one less piece of pie for me or for everyone else.
Never mind that the pie was small and rotten to the core. Now we have a factory to make 1000 high quality pies with many new workers now earning a good wage , income and the company earns foreign currency dollars, Euros and Yen exporting pies.
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