Socialism and communism are brilliant ideas that unfortunately have only one tiny flaw: they do not work. The same goes, by the way, for other brilliant ideas like Christianity or modern humanism, to which we all feel we belong. As history teaches us, there will always be people who try to gain an advantage and elevate themselves above others, and even the most humane and social forms of society are, sooner or later, perverted into totalitarian regimes by some selfish and greedy egoists. Just like in the former Eastern Bloc. Take a look at Christianity. What is the core sentence of Christianity? "Love your neighbor as yourself." That basically says it all, and there is nothing to add. If all people followed this just a little bit, our world would turn into a utopia. But as we can see, not even Christians stick to it. The biggest lobbyists for Israel are not even AIPAC; no, it is the evangelicals, who believe that if all Jews return to Israel, Jesus will return and convert them to Christianity, and then everyone will fight together against the wicked, and in the end, good will triumph. Or so-called humanism, to which pretty much all modern people raised in Western democracies feel they belong—a non-religious worldview that focuses on human value, reason, and science rather than religious belief and believes in protecting human rights, democracy, and treating other people and sentient animals with kindness and respect. And based on that, human rights, which are held in such high regard especially by modern Western countries. The last nearly three years taught us otherwise; not only the behavior of the governments of Western democracies, which actively supported the genocide, but also the many comments here in this forum clearly prove how much value some people place on the principle of equal rights for all.
