The socialist answers

One of the most common arguments against the possibility of socialism is that human beings are naturally competitive.

Many people believe that capitalism, despite its inequalities, is at least more efficient and less bureaucratic than socialism.

The critics of Marxism point to the former USSR in claiming that socialism would just put a new set of rulers in power.

Many objections to socialism rest on the belief that U.S. society is exceptional in being resistant to radical change.

The ferocity of the ruling class offensive has undermined the claim that workers do well enough to stop them from rebelling.

The weakened condition of the working class movement shouldn't be chalked up to a change that has rendered it powerless.

In the caricature of a socialist society, everybody is forced to act alike--but the real socialist vision is exactly the opposite.