[cruise02]

> Instead of helping everyone...

Yes, that's exactly what socialism is based on.

[Rumford]

Ever read Harrison Bergeron?

Making everyone equally happy is impossible, so the regime ultimately resorts to making everyone equally miserable.

[cruise02]

I guess I can understand how people might become confused if their concept of socialism comes from a single satirical book about egalitarianism.

[Rumford]

Well, one satirical short story and actual historical socialism's mountains of corpses.