Karl Marx has already explained exactly where money is going to go... into the ash-heap of history.
We're already starting to see it. How much anger are you seeing over corporatism and capitalism in general? Everyone is fed up: THE SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK. Everyone knows it, but so many people are afraid to face it. They're afraid of what might replace it. "Better the devil you know, than the devil you don't".
But there is a better way! Do your research. Look at some of the alternative political parties.
The future is a moneyless society where everyone shares everything equally. We all do the jobs that we are best at, not the ones that you HAVE to do to "make a living". Everyone contributes to the public trust, and everyone shares in the public trust. No money needed!
There are so many people afraid right now, but I see that as a sign of hope. Finally everyone is seeing the absolute black soul of capitalism and are searching for something better. Soon we will be tearing down the walls of corporations, and the whole idea of "ownership" in general. Just like music and software shouldn't be owned, neither should physical resources, either. Everything should be publically owned. And no ownership means no need for money.
All of this was predicted over a hundred years ago. Read about it and learn.
OK, This post deservedly got a lot of laughs, but the point that there is a lot of anger over the current direction of corporatism and capitalism. The rising gap between rich and poor in so many countries is significant - in the past it has always preceded civil unrest and eventually revolution.
Communism is a failed experiment, but what people forget is that the problems it was trying to solve were real. And they're still with us.
Communism is a failed experiment, but what people forget is that the problems it was trying to solve were real. And they're still with us.
If the trucks bearing the US flag rolled up to crowds of people to deliver global welfare direct to individuals were accepted, would the problems still exist?
It wasn't just that communism failed to solve these problems - it made them worse and added new ones. The dictatorship of the proletariat never materialized, just dictatorships. Draconian, murderous, thought-policing dictatorships. It's a sociopolitical theory that has failed time and again in the real world, but never lacks for proponents thanks to its ideological purity that offers answers to all problems and looks good on paper.
Of course, the notion of purity and perfection being equivalent to good is complete bullshit, but I digress.
Every system is going to have problems and weaknesses to go with its positive aspects and strengths. Some systems are inherently better or worse than others (communism having proved itself absolutely horrible). What makes a system good is its ability to adapt to changes and deliver on its promises without imposing onerous burdens.
Certainly there a problems with the current capitalist/corporatist/democratic situation. The chief warning signs being, in my book, the decline of the middle class, increasing corruption in the media, and erosion of previously guaranteed and active rights respectively. The correct course of action under these situations is for people, individually and collectively, to attempt to remedy conditions like these within the existing system, WHICH IT WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR. Revolution would be massive overkill of very dubious merit.
Umm.. I hope you don't think I was advocating revolution, as I was holding that up as a possible penalty for *not* addressing these problems now. I'm interested in your assertion that the 'existing system' 'was specifically designed' to solve these problems however. Capitalism (as defined by Adam Smith) wasn't designed, it's a product of human nature and and a free market. Corporatism is more of an emergent phenomenon than a system. I'm guessing the system your referring to is democracy, which is the only system you have mentioned that was defined. I would like to posit, however, that democracy has manifestly not prevented massive economic injustices in many times and places, and is due for examination as a political system. Just because we've failed to come up with a better system so far doesn't mean we shouldn't keep trying.
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We already know (Score:1, Troll)
(one again putting on my flame-retardant suit)
Karl Marx has already explained exactly where money is going to go... into the ash-heap of history.
We're already starting to see it. How much anger are you seeing over corporatism and capitalism in general? Everyone is fed up: THE SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK. Everyone knows it, but so many people are afraid to face it. They're afraid of what might replace it. "Better the devil you know, than the devil you don't".
But there is a better way! Do your research. Look at some of the alternative political parties.
The future is a moneyless society where everyone shares everything equally. We all do the jobs that we are best at, not the ones that you HAVE to do to "make a living". Everyone contributes to the public trust, and everyone shares in the public trust. No money needed!
There are so many people afraid right now, but I see that as a sign of hope. Finally everyone is seeing the absolute black soul of capitalism and are searching for something better. Soon we will be tearing down the walls of corporations, and the whole idea of "ownership" in general. Just like music and software shouldn't be owned, neither should physical resources, either. Everything should be publically owned. And no ownership means no need for money.
All of this was predicted over a hundred years ago. Read about it and learn.
Re:We already know (Score:2)
The rising gap between rich and poor in so many countries is significant - in the past it has always preceded civil unrest and eventually revolution.
Communism is a failed experiment, but what people forget is that the problems it was trying to solve were real. And they're still with us.
Re:We already know (Score:2)
Communism is a failed experiment, but what people forget is that the problems it was trying to solve were real. And they're still with us.
If the trucks bearing the US flag rolled up to crowds of people to deliver global welfare direct to individuals were accepted, would the problems still exist?
Re:We already know (Score:2)
Of course, the notion of purity and perfection being equivalent to good is complete bullshit, but I digress.
Every system is going to have problems and weaknesses to go with its positive aspects and strengths. Some systems are inherently better or worse than others (communism having proved itself absolutely horrible). What makes a system good is its ability to adapt to changes and deliver on its promises without imposing onerous burdens.
Certainly there a problems with the current capitalist/corporatist/democratic situation. The chief warning signs being, in my book, the decline of the middle class, increasing corruption in the media, and erosion of previously guaranteed and active rights respectively. The correct course of action under these situations is for people, individually and collectively, to attempt to remedy conditions like these within the existing system, WHICH IT WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR. Revolution would be massive overkill of very dubious merit.
Re:We already know (Score:2)
I'm interested in your assertion that the 'existing system' 'was specifically designed' to solve these problems however.
Capitalism (as defined by Adam Smith) wasn't designed, it's a product of human nature and and a free market. Corporatism is more of an emergent phenomenon than a system.
I'm guessing the system your referring to is democracy, which is the only system you have mentioned that was defined.
I would like to posit, however, that democracy has manifestly not prevented massive economic injustices in many times and places, and is due for examination as a political system.
Just because we've failed to come up with a better system so far doesn't mean we shouldn't keep trying.