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Both capitalism and socialism have been applied in the kinds of totalitarian contexts you are describing. The real question is more fundamental: for whose benef
by xtian 8y ago
Both capitalism and socialism have been applied in the kinds of totalitarian contexts you are describing. The real question is more fundamental: for whose benefit does government exist? Is it for the powerful or the powerless?
There is a vast ocean of possibilities between paying everybody the same and regressive class-preserving exploitation disguised under lofty free-market ideals.
- fuzz4lyfe 8y ago>for whose benefit does government exist? Is it for the powerful or the powerless? Why is neither not an option?
- xtian 8y agoI'm open to the possibility if could describe that system in concrete terms which wouldn't implicitly favor the powerful.
- fuzz4lyfe 8y agoA government that takes a hands off approach to most peoples day to day life wouldn't really favor anyone. I'm not sure how you implement your system. If you favor the powerless wouldn't they just become the powerful at that point?
- xtian 8y agoI'm sure you can expand your perspective on this question with some additional inquiry.