To prove the real effects of socialism on society which had been claimed its proponents to be a great equalizer, an undergraduate class in political science in a Texas college launched an experiment.
The experiment was designed in which everyone in the class was to be treated equally. To do this, the class was given 3 tests. The grades in each test were then averaged, and whatever the class average turned out to be in that the test was everyone's grade---everybody was equal. The results of the experiment were as follows:
After test #1, the grades were averaged and the class average turned out to be a B, so everyone in the class got a B. The students, who studied hard and actually made an A in the test were, of course, upset while the students, who were slackers who studied little and actually made C or lower, were happy.
After test #2, the A students, who studied hard for test #1 figured there was no use to put out a lot of effort if they and the slackers would simply get the same grade, so the usually high-achieving A students did not study as hard for test #2. As for the usual slackers who usually made C (and lower), they studied even less for test #2 thinking that the A students would continue to work hard and score high which would help keep the class average to at least a B. When the results were tallied, the class average turned out to be a C!
After test #3, the A students thought that the C students would put more effort to help raise the average back to at least a B. Likewise, the C (and lower) students thought that with the C average in test #2, the A students would really work hard to bring the average back up to at least a B. Unfortunately, what happened was with both the A students and C students erroneously thinking that the "other side" would put more effort to bring the C in test #2 to at least a B in test #3, both the A and the C and below students really slacked off. No one studied! When the results came out, the class average was an F. Of course, no one was happy at all. Bickering, blaming, name calling, and ill feelings resulted.
A VERY IMPORTANT OBJECT LESSON: Just like the political science class in the Texas college, the new US administration's plan to "equalize and spread the wealth", so that the C [and below] citizens of US society can, in essence, get a "free ride" by taking the wealth of the A citizens of US society to share with the slackers/freeloaders might prove to be the end of capitalism in the USA, and the USA will end up as a socialist state if the same mindset and plan continues ---OR--- even worse, it might ignite a civil war in the USA which has not been seen in American soil in more than 100 years!
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The experiment was designed in which everyone in the class was to be treated equally. To do this, the class was given 3 tests. The grades in each test were then averaged, and whatever the class average turned out to be in that the test was everyone's grade---everybody was equal. The results of the experiment were as follows:
After test #1, the grades were averaged and the class average turned out to be a B, so everyone in the class got a B. The students, who studied hard and actually made an A in the test were, of course, upset while the students, who were slackers who studied little and actually made C or lower, were happy.
After test #2, the A students, who studied hard for test #1 figured there was no use to put out a lot of effort if they and the slackers would simply get the same grade, so the usually high-achieving A students did not study as hard for test #2. As for the usual slackers who usually made C (and lower), they studied even less for test #2 thinking that the A students would continue to work hard and score high which would help keep the class average to at least a B. When the results were tallied, the class average turned out to be a C!
After test #3, the A students thought that the C students would put more effort to help raise the average back to at least a B. Likewise, the C (and lower) students thought that with the C average in test #2, the A students would really work hard to bring the average back up to at least a B. Unfortunately, what happened was with both the A students and C students erroneously thinking that the "other side" would put more effort to bring the C in test #2 to at least a B in test #3, both the A and the C and below students really slacked off. No one studied! When the results came out, the class average was an F. Of course, no one was happy at all. Bickering, blaming, name calling, and ill feelings resulted.
A VERY IMPORTANT OBJECT LESSON: Just like the political science class in the Texas college, the new US administration's plan to "equalize and spread the wealth", so that the C [and below] citizens of US society can, in essence, get a "free ride" by taking the wealth of the A citizens of US society to share with the slackers/freeloaders might prove to be the end of capitalism in the USA, and the USA will end up as a socialist state if the same mindset and plan continues ---OR--- even worse, it might ignite a civil war in the USA which has not been seen in American soil in more than 100 years!
Author Unknown
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