"Socialism is good when it comes to wages, but it tells me nothing when it comes to other questions in life that are more private and painful, for which I must seek answers elsewhere"

This quote by Karel Capek speaks to the limitations of socialism as a political and financial system. While socialism can offer a more fair distribution of wages, it does not supply responses to more individual and hard concerns in life. These concerns, such as how to find significance and function, how to cope with suffering, and how to make ethical decisions, are not attended to by socialism. Instead, Capek suggests that we need to look in other places for answers to these questions. This might imply relying on faith, viewpoint, and even individual experience. Eventually, socialism is a beneficial tool for developing a more equitable society, however it can not provide responses to the more individual and difficult questions in life.