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A Study on How Internet Piracy Reflects on Society's Acceptance of Socialist Policies

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Let me begin by detailing a brief summary of how a true Socialist society would function and what some basic government policies would be. The main idea behind Socialism/Communism is for EVERYONE in society to benefit from each other and have what they need to live whilst contributing their own part to society. This means that no one would be hungry, no one would be homeless, and everyone would be equal in status. Everybody is alloted a house, food rations, etc. and in our modern world they should also be given certain necessary communication devices such as televisions and computers with Internet access. Also everyone (who can) must work without pay. However they do not need to buy anything so it really doesn't matter. In a Capitalist trans-Socialist society (i.e. an ex-Capitalist society that has transformed into a Socialist society) in theory might have some sort of credit system where everyone is given an equal amount of credits to trade for enjoyment items such as different DVDs or CDs (not the players but the discs, if you understand my drift), items in the antique market, or collectibles like records or baseball cards. In turn, the vendors who receive these credits could use them for their own entertainment factors or perhaps trade them to the government if they wish to move to a different house or a different location. The house must be pre-owned though, as otherwise would defeat the purpose of Socialism and this would be a good way to reduce the number of new houses needed to be built for the future generations. But I digress. What you need to know is that in Socialism, everyone gets what they need for free without the exchange of money. (The possibility of the existence of a valid Socialist society in a trade and market oriented world is debatable in itself, but that is a debate for another time.)

 

Now let me explain Internet Piracy and its connection to Socialism. It is quite simple really. Some people believe that software and media should be free and thus create ways to download it from one another, payment-free. The key point here is that actual people, and not companies, sacrifice their own computers and bandwidth to make this software and media available for others to download. Sound familiar? It should. Whatever one person owns is shared freely with the rest of the world or society. It's not even solely piracy that retains this relation. You may also have heard of Open-Source software that is created to be legally dispersed free of charge over the Internet. It is really amazing how this fundamental Socialist policy has conditioned the minds of today's rebellious yet tech-savvy citizens... without them even realizing it! But these same people would be unwilling to accept Socialism as their form of government, because they feeling they should keep what they earn in terms of a salary. Bobby doesn't want to pay for Joe's broken arm or Sally's hysterectomy. Farmer Brown does not want to give his corn to Bobby, Joe, or Sally for free. This is nonsense. This is fear. There doesn't have to be large framed pictures of the Dear Leader hanging up everywhere or 30 million person killing sprees. There simply has to be the desire to share and be shared back with. If Socialism can work on the Internet, then I say we give it a try in our government.

 

Disclaimer - I admit that my essay here has drifted away slightly from the terms of a "study" but I will label it as such for its overwhelming inclusion of fact and proved etiological information.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when your talking about socialism has no cash, I believe you mean communism. Communism is when for example, you have someone like a doctor who earns the same amount as a janitor. This is because everyone works together, everyone makes the same, and everyone has a place to live and food in there bellies.

 

Socialism is just in the middle between capitalism and communism. Basically socialism has a money, it will also typically have things like free medical care. I mean just look at Canada it has money, and its type of government is socialism.

Dearest sir:

 

While your essay was an entertaining read, you failed to reach the purpose of your essay in a cohesive manner. Was your thesis statement that because communism works to some extent on the internet it will work in real life? Internets is not real life sir. You also failed to address the point that "communism" works on the internet because the work of a single individual can impact many( ie one ripper "gives" to many.) there are simply to many lechers on the internet to transfer into the real world. In conclusion i give your essay a C- for failure to form a thesis statement at the beginning of your essay, and your lack of valid points. Feel free to re-write for more credit.

 

Sincerely,

 

Me

I guess you could draw that conclusion.

 

 

Or, you could view it as people just flagrantly breaking the law or the belief that entertainment shouldn't be marketed as a commodity.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but when your talking about socialism has no cash, I believe you mean communism. Communism is when for example, you have someone like a doctor who earns the same amount as a janitor. This is because everyone works together, everyone makes the same, and everyone has a place to live and food in there bellies.

 

Socialism is just in the middle between capitalism and communism. Basically socialism has a money, it will also typically have things like free medical care. I mean just look at Canada it has money, and its type of government is socialism.

Let's not argue over which words mean what. The point is that free material online is viewed kindly and seen commonly, whereas in the real world producers don't give away free goods that have anything of value.

 

I would also like to point out that (and Karl Marx would agree) it is not wise to switch a Capitalist society directly over to a Communist society. So my calling for Socialism's rise is not unfounded.

 

Dearest sir:

 

While your essay was an entertaining read, you failed to reach the purpose of your essay in a cohesive manner. Was your thesis statement that because communism works to some extent on the internet it will work in real life? Internets is not real life sir. You also failed to address the point that "communism" works on the internet because the work of a single individual can impact many( ie one ripper "gives" to many.) there are simply to many lechers on the internet to transfer into the real world. In conclusion i give your essay a C- for failure to form a thesis statement at the beginning of your essay, and your lack of valid points. Feel free to re-write for more credit.

 

Sincerely,

 

Me

I apologize that my essay lacked a thesis statement in the essay itself and thus may have come off as a weak argument. In my defense, however, I was attempting to present the data in a clear enough manner so that the reader would be able to determine for themselves that Socialism can be beneficial without being directly told that it is. Many people fear Socialism because they assume that their life would be controlled under its principles. I did not want this interpretation to come across in my essay. I also included a disclaimer at the end explaining why my essay is not perfect under essay standards.

This is retarded, Socialism is retarded too just how communism fails even the chinese are moving more capitalist by having minimum wages and that BS cutting down on sweat shops which fucks us over we need those fish eyes making cheap shit and why the fuck relate the internet to governement because of the net and people sharing files illegaly wtf smoke more crack
This is retarded, Socialism is retarded too just how communism fails even the chinese are moving more capitalist by having minimum wages and that BS cutting down on sweat shops which fucks us over we need those fish eyes making cheap shit and why the fuck relate the internet to governement because of the net and people sharing files illegaly wtf smoke more crack

 

Go back to school. Take some English classes. Learn about punctuation.

John is such a pseudo intellectual...he's not that well-read at all...its just that the majority of people on this forum ARE complete dumbasses so in comparision an average-minded person like John actually seems smart... I bet he hasn't even read "THe communist manifesto" by Marx and Engel or doesn't even understand it.
John is such a pseudo intellectual...he's not that well-read at all...its just that the majority of people on this forum ARE complete dumbasses so in comparision an average-minded person like John actually seems smart... I bet he hasn't even read "THe communist manifesto" by Marx and Engel or doesn't even understand it.

 

Why would you bother reading that?

 

 

Everyone touts the merits of democracy, but how many people have ready The Republic?

Jedi Pimp;587613']No.

 

Pure socialism is not the way. Pure capitalism is not the way. While you ideologues are out preaching about sharing everything or how the market must be free 'just because', the rest of the world is getting on with molding a stable, real-world free market framework tempered with just enough government oversight to promote social responsibility and economic stability.

 

Without the main ills of either system.

 

False.

 

 

The main ill of all systems is the same damn thing:

 

 

Humanity.

Socialism / Collectivism is bad for humanity because there is no Incentive for the Individual to Work.

 

So one must be created by the Collective and this is in the form of Coercion and Force.

 

 

And forcing a Individual to make an Altruistic Sacrifice in the name of the "Greater Good" is no better then making him a Slave on a Plantation.

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