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What Capitalism Can Do When Allowed, And Communism Never Will

Posted by freedomforall 4 years, 9 months ago to Philosophy
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"In his Pre-Requisites of Socialism, written back in 1919, Trotsky argued how the technological gap had become so large it wasn’t realistic to expect the socialist system (of co-operatives) to have to catch up. Instead:

“It is evident that if this took place the co-operative societies would then simply have automatically to expropriate all capitalist undertakings,"


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  • Posted by term2 4 years, 9 months ago
    Capitalism automatically corrects for inappropriate directions that businesses take..Collectivist schemes have very little self correction, and therefore travel down bad paths for long times (Amtrak, US Post Office, Public Schools. etc)
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 4 years, 9 months ago
    It was during the early Sixties when me a young dino when I bought a paparback called Animal Farm by George Orwell. You'd think it would be required reading at school back then.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 4 years, 9 months ago
    One of the things socialists don't want to talk about is the impetus for innovation lies entirely in personal gain. Even the early years of communism in Russia saw massive starvation because not only was there no skill occupying the farms any longer, but because all the proceeds were being confiscated, there was zero incentive for farmers to put in the time and energy to sow and harvest. The same principles apply in any business venture: human capital is powered by will; if you defeat the will you deprive yourself of human capital and societal advancement.

    Wow. This turns into a paper all by itself.

    Great post ffa!
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  • Posted by 4 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The rest are slaves, imo.
    Unlike black Americans who can educate themselves and work to improve their lives voluntarily through production.
    Biden, the deep state, and most politicians want to eliminate that opportunity and eliminate any competition for the politically connected.
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  • Posted by oldtk 4 years, 9 months ago
    Communism is a hive mentality. Only a few get the royal jelly!! The rest are workers.
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