Socialism is mob theft with violence for noncompliance. It's immoral. It's an insult because it's a bad thing.

Anyone that has the capability to self-actualize has the ability to move up Maslows hierarchy without outside assistance.

Today, even a person in the ghetto lives better than the Crowleys of Downton Abbey. Better nutrition, air conditioning and access to all the world's information on a tiny device. And yet, look at all the fantastic innovation coming out of inner city America! /sarc

In the past great men still innovated, despite the fact that they were a few rungs down on the famous Pyramid. Where were they on Maslow's hierarchy? Yet, they still achieved greatness.