Socialism is a controlled economic system that tries to create equality among citizens or among people within that economic system
People often say it leads to laziness and might hinder productivity but just like every other economics system they have their advantage and disadvantage so does socialism have its own advantage and disadvantages.
People argue that if your basic needs like food, welfare and healthcare are provided by the government and also a guaranteed job one might lose motivation to work since every basic necessities have been provided to him without much effort therefore individuals might not strive to achieve more.
How does socialism creates laziness?
When everything is government controlled it kills of competition because government will not create a competition within themselves
But in a non government controlled system when production is owned and controlled by private individuals it creates competition and competition creates innovation and production of more goods and services now which role better suits the government
Own or heavily control major means of production
Do not heavily own or control major means of production but regulate to protect the masses
According to the real socialist theories though not what we have today workers should receive same salary despite the amount of effort put into work this action will drastically kill workers morale because a non productive worker would receive the same with a more productive worker and in the long run everyone will become unproductive and still get paid which kills the economy so which is better
Workers getting paid equally no matter their level of productivity
Workers paid according to their level of productivity
The government creating incentives and giving citizens everything creates room for serious over dependence on the government by citizens rather than seeking employment and providing for oneself
Socialism itself doesn't create laziness but has several loopholes that can lead to it.
poor implementation of socialism to cover those loopholes that will collapse the economy