​For those trying to resurrect socialism as a modern-day equalizing and humane approach to economics and believing this with all of their heart, you'd better look at Venezuela, Cuba, and the former Soviet Union.

Socialism has never proven to work in real life after Karl Marx advocated for the end of capitalism and the rise of the proletariat by controlling the means of production. Hence, these government's took over all parts of their economy and ruined it all.

Remember Cambodia and Pol Pot's experimentation in the 70s which led to not just genocide but hunger due to bad agriculture and because there were no educated agriculturists and planners around to help. They've been massacred. 

Socialism is good for academic discussions when it's about history and causes of wars and major economic declines and useful for performative militancy.

Beware of electing someone who openly espoused this belief and will implement this failed dream once elected to power. Believe them when they say, they're going to turn your state/country into another Cuba.  

It could very well happen. 

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You've better be in a small shared area where there's respect and collaboration, and a bit of freedom of action rather than a coveted spot where you get more but you have to deal with a controlling person who tells you what to do and not to do while in their premises.

A small table for exhibition is not small compared to the location and the amount of traffic you can get. But this small table has a high price for which I don't know anyone in my mind would dare touch with a ten-foot pole.

See, it's not really the organization per se but those who are leading the organization that makes or breaks the deal for a lot of people. If you insist on demands that do not respect the people whose work will be affected, you can't earn their trust, much less their respect.

You can't tell people what to do because this is a public marketplace where everyone is associated with everyone,  but you can be genuinely caring and considerate, so that you'll be heard. Your approach should be as good as your intention. 

Minor conflicts should be avoided as much as possible because it's pointless to cause a rift out of nothing. For some people, who weren't empowered in their organization, they exhibit fear which is the underlying reason to exert control and domination over others who are seen as inferior or weaker than them. 

Welcome to Conflict 101!

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​If you're service club has given up on getting one wheelchair in another part of the world, you'd better realize that this is not the club that will make more impact in the world. 

They would fold up in the first glance of a difficulty. It doesn't matter if it's organizing a dinner fundraising, advocating for better policies at the provincial level or sending life-saving equipment to another country.

This is not a difficulty question. This is an attitude and a mindset issue. 

You're wasting your time persuading this people who had been convinced that the way to go is to the same thing all over again, pat themselves in the back for their fortunes, and give some money to charity and call it a day! 

That's not service, is it?  That's not even impact!
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