That entire post makes no sense. Nor did the last two authors you posted. You have some weird convoluted right wing idea about capitalism and what it really is. What it is NOT is a political system, but you keep acting like it is.
We are talking about Democracy as the political system. You and that other author never mention democracy even once. It is not, socialism or communism versus capitalism, it is socialism and communism versus democracy.
And there are no communist countries on earth, or even libertarian! There are dictatorships disguised as socialist countries.
How come you cannot get that?
Capitalism is an economic system for Christ's sake! You cannot run a country using capitalism as the political system!
There is no better political system ever invented to ensure the majority of the people get the type of government and economic system they want, than democracy.
If you think the above is wrong address it directly!
Gheesh-lol!
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koan,
as I've pointed out multiple times, Communism is a politico-economic system. To enable the economics of Communism, you must have the political structure of communism in place. It's like trying to separate the heads from the tails on a coin. Without one, you don't have the other. I'm not sure why you can't understand that. Communism is different from Capitalism in that respect. Capitalism is a natural process that emerges from people interacting with each other in natural ways with or without government. Capitalist societies almost always create Democratic institutions to bolster and safeguard Capitalism, but governments are not necessary for Capitalism's enablement. Socialism and Communism are different from Capitalism in that they absolutely require a strong centralized government to enable their economic system, because it requires an enforced redistribution of goods, services, and capital from formerly free people to other people in the society based on arbitrary rules that the ruling elite create to enact their agenda.
Until you understand how Capitalism is an Economic system that can stand alone and Socialism and Communism are politico-economic systems, which cannot be enabled without the strong arm of government enforcement, you will never understand why historically Capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty and enabled more freedom for more people than any other system every created by humans. Socialism and Communism are fundamentally flawed, because they are not natural systems of human interaction. Capitalism is superior, because it is what free people do naturally when left alone by those who would enforce their will on other people. |
