When socialism works

The military is communism. You get paid, based off of rank, rather than the work you do, which leads to “unfairness” and “inequality.” 

For instance: in the Air Force, flightline mechanics  often work long hours (12-13 hours) at all hours of the day (shift work)  in the elements (extreme cold and heat) with hazardous chemicals (often known to cause cancer), under heavy scrutiny (QA and leadership). They’re days off, time off and holidays are regularly taken away. The flightline mechanic doesn’t have time during work to go to PT to help pass their PT or go to school or volunteer.

While finance (people that handle money) work banker hours in air conditioned buildings and almost always get their days off, time off, holidays and weekends.

A SSgt working on the flightline and a SSgt working fianance get paid the exact same, despite being held to the same expectations as the finance SSgt.

And yet, it “works.” I put works in quotes because, at its base, planes are flying, people are getting paid, the missions are getting accomplished. 

The reason why this “works” is because it’s a small and there’s somewhat of an incentive to remain in the military (healthcare, pension, steady paycheck). 

When people say “socialized medicine works! look at the military!” they’re being ignorant. 

Sure it “works” but that’s because it’s 1% of the U.S. population. Socialism works on a small scale, community scale, where social norms are shared or enforced. It’s why early Christian “socialism” worked. It was a small community of shared values. It doesn’t work on a national level. That’s been proven time and time again.