Re: Capitalism or Communism. Which is better?

[These are my saturdays]

as you can see i have full command over the russian language.

[Falcon Paunch]

[quote="Aiko Heiwa"]

ДMЗЯICДИS??? THЭУ'ЯЗ ДLL GЦM CHЭШIЙG GДИGSTЗЯS

I just translated that into English.

DMZYAICDIS?? THEU'YAZ DLL GTSM CHESHIYG GDIGSTZYAS

Aww, man, beat me to it. And I think in this context you mean "transliterated", which is a fancy name for changing something from one alphabet to another.

[Aiko Heiwa]

I know what transliterated means.

[Kinda Long Hair]

congratulations on making this one of the most popular threads on the forum

[Uzi-Bazooka]

And it managed to stay on-topic for a full page! That is some serious dedication right there.

[Strong Vader]

Anyhoo. Capitalism vs communism.

Communism is really all about control. If you want everything same priced for everyone, who is at the same level, you've got to exert governmental control over everything. This tends to stifle creativity, since if you stick out and excel, the government takes the excess from you and gives it to someone else. It doesn't work. Not even "on paper" or "in theory". Stop saying that. It also involves political control (generally by one-party systems or autocracies) to keep the populace from enacting changes that allow them from freeing everything up.

Capitalism (true free-market capitalism, not the pinko capitalism they have in Canada or Western Europe these days) is purely economic, as opposed to communism, which mixes economics and politics until they are indistinguishable in a pile of red tape and governmental power. In capitalism we have people doing what they want. They can excel however they can or will and if they do well enough, they will benefit society by spending proportionally more and hiring people. It is hand-in-hand with democracy for it to work best, but it is not synonymous with democracy (take China, they claim they're becoming more capitalist, but meh).

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