The childish attitute of socialists (literally)

After I became a parent (roughly in the year 2009), I have begun to notice a lot of traits in children that can be found in the political debate among adults. Most of these are obvious, such as having no understanding of economics and expecting free stuff to rain from the heavens without any work at all (or minimal effort, such as behaving or being polite). This, of course, is understandable, and can actually be required of children. They are, after all, children, and should focus on building their social skills and grasping the basic stuff in life (such as sleep and food).

The more amazing part is the way many adults actually think like children. Some people, mostly socialists, believe we can live in a world without efforts and patience. They think we can "share the burden" by removing burden from everyone. This leads to total poverty of all. A better way to "share the burden" is to make everyone more productive, such as with capital investment (which requires savings, patience and private property).

It takes a lot of effort and work to train a sense of work ethics in children. They don't just "get it". They need to learn how to save for stuff they really want. They need to learn to work for the things they want. This is not easy for all children. Some are just spoiled and lazy and need a "kick in the ass", so to speak.

And so be it. Children are children. The more amazing part is that many grown-ups are still children in this respect.

Usually socialists.