I'd settle for "real" anything at this point. Communism, socialism, fascism, juche and communism in the Korean style, dictatorship, feudalism under a lord, a shogunate.... If they did even half of what they claim they do "for the people", they'd be fine. Can you imagine, if the head general / secretary / whatever actually lived like "the people" and practiced what they preach? It's the same with absolute monarchy or even anarchy. Any system will work wonderfully for everyone, if literally everyone was altruistic.
But since not everyone is altruistic, capitalism works the best. Given that some humans are selfish, capitalism works best to give everyone a chance at a slice of the pie. It's not "their slice" you have to earn "a slice". Or earn it for your children and grandchildren. Nothing is guaranteed, you have to work at it. Kinda like freedom... Funny how that works.
When or if the whole planet achieves a post-scarcity economy, there might be other systems that work better. Until then, capitalism is the best we mere mortals have figured out.
The problem is we are post-scarcity right now. All "scarcity" its artificially created (by the big or little G).
Communism/Socialism have noble goals, I will say that much. But it will never work for a multitude of reasons. Capitalism within a Libertarian system of government is the best way to protect yourself from both the evils of government and big corporations.
Only the ground-level idiots think "communism" is good. The ones in power that bring it about? They KNOW what needs to be done to force the ones who don't want it to either agree, or be eliminated.
Its not "Noble" to be willing to burn the country to the ground to rule over its ashes.
I'd settle for "real" anything at this point. Communism, socialism, fascism, juche and communism in the Korean style, dictatorship, feudalism under a lord, a shogunate.... If they did even half of what they claim they do "for the people", they'd be fine. Can you imagine, if the head general / secretary / whatever actually lived like "the people" and practiced what they preach? It's the same with absolute monarchy or even anarchy. Any system will work wonderfully for everyone, if literally everyone was altruistic.
But since not everyone is altruistic, capitalism works the best. Given that some humans are selfish, capitalism works best to give everyone a chance at a slice of the pie. It's not "their slice" you have to earn "a slice". Or earn it for your children and grandchildren. Nothing is guaranteed, you have to work at it. Kinda like freedom... Funny how that works.
When or if the whole planet achieves a post-scarcity economy, there might be other systems that work better. Until then, capitalism is the best we mere mortals have figured out.
The problem is we are post-scarcity right now. All "scarcity" its artificially created (by the big or little G).
Communism/Socialism have noble goals, I will say that much. But it will never work for a multitude of reasons. Capitalism within a Libertarian system of government is the best way to protect yourself from both the evils of government and big corporations.
Only the ground-level idiots think "communism" is good. The ones in power that bring it about? They KNOW what needs to be done to force the ones who don't want it to either agree, or be eliminated.
Its not "Noble" to be willing to burn the country to the ground to rule over its ashes.
I totally agree, but for the uneducated, it "sounds" like a good system. Once you look under the hood, not so much
Uneducated, or willfully ignorant?