Socialism-- Simple Analogy

[Evil Muppet]

This was one of those email things that was forwarded to me.  I thought it was great.
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Socialism -- Simple Analogy

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before but had once failed an entire class.
 
That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.
 
The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism. All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B.
 
The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. 
 
As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. 
 
The second test average was a D! No one was happy.
 
When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. 
 
All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

Could not be any simpler than that.
 

[BobRobertson]

All failed, to their great surprise...

That is greatest danger of socialism. Gullible people hear the slogans and believe, then regardless of any proof to the contrary they will go along with anyone who touts the same slogans.

When the programs fail, the gullible fools fall for the next demagog who says, "Follow me, because this time yes, we can!" As if socialism can succeed if it is implemented by the right people this time.