Hazmatac Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 (edited) http://www.ebaumsworld.com/jokes/read/80594237/ Socialism - Good on Paper, Not in Reality... An economics professor at Texas Tech said he had failed very few students 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 will be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade meaning, obviously, no one will receive an A." They all agreed to this. After the first test the grades were averaged and everyone got a C. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. But, 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. To their great dismay the professor failed them all. Then he sent all of them this note: "A socialistic government will 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." Edited April 3, 2009 by Hazmatac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thales Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Very cool story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuringAI Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Hah, look at all those comments. All those people who didn't agree with the joke are making the EXACT same comments that the detractors of capitalism made after John Galt's speech. BHScoug2010 (Apr 04, 2009 1:41am) Comment Link Rate this comment down! Rate this comment up! 0 ok? socialism as an economic equalizer, not a grade equalizer in a classroom jimmyb0nz (Apr 04, 2009 1:18am) Comment Link Rate this comment down! Rate this comment up! 0 i didn't even read it! PTxPrimus (Apr 04, 2009 1:13am) Comment Link Rate this comment down! Rate this comment up! 1 This isn't a joke. It's a lesson. We don't come here to learn, god damn it. LOL! ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanjos Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Ha! perhaps they're just kids but replies of "we know socialism is bad, duh" in one sentence and "we love Obama" in the other are quite amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Being John Galt Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Loved it! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshualipana Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberrybird Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Awesome story; thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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