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> This is what socialism does. No, this is what a power-hungry dictator does. But socialism/communism creates an environment where such leaders can easily take
by TimTheTinker 8y ago
> This is what socialism does.
No, this is what a power-hungry dictator does. But socialism/communism creates an environment where such leaders can easily take power and thrive.
That's why democracy can be so powerful - it often successfully removes the power vacuum that creates dictatorships.
- MichaelHawaii 8y agoThis is a very good explanation, specifically in regard to "creates an environment" although I'd make a few distinctions. Democracy and dictatorship are systems of government. Capitalism and socialism/communism are economic systems, intertwined with the former political systems. The formers are normally decentralized and driven by markets, the latters are centralized and driven by a few politicians. Venezuela has failed because the government consolidated its power over economics which is fundamental to the application of socio-communist policies, which created the ability to monopolize state control in almost every aspect of its citizens life. The exception here are countries like Singapore. Singapore and other examples illustrate that at the end of the day, the most efficient economic system is the best to have. Centralized control of small countries may work, but applied to larger populations, land mass, and economy, actual humanitarian crises from real dictators (Stalin, Castro, etc) come about.
- ManFromUranus 8y agoSocialism is simply the union of industry and state. We know that church and state is bad, but for some reason industry and state is good? Power corrupts. Thats why you want to limit the power of government, not ALSO give government power over all goods and services and everything that gets made and everyones job. What a recipe for disaster. You never see it coming because they hide behind the rhetoric of universal sufferage, but it instead it all goes to shit. Always, without fail. Every. Single. Time. And yet you people come out of the woodwork in the middle of capitalist prosperity to criticize? Please leave.
- tooltalk 8y agoThere is no study which supports your belief that democracy or dictatorship is good/bad for economic growth (or political stability).
- TimTheTinker 8y agoThere have been evil, totalitarian nations with economic growth and political stability. While those are nice to have, some of the more important measures of a country's well-being (in more philosophical terms) are justice, freedom, truth, and moral uprightness (as opposed to corruption). By those measures, we all have a very long way to go :)