As someone living outside of the US I find it interesting (and perhaps a bit predictable) how the normal response is something in the lines of "If you do not wa

As someone living outside of the US I find it interesting (and perhaps a bit predictable) how the normal response is something in the lines of "If you do not want capitalism, you want communism". This form of polarized view is false dichotomy, much like choosing with horn of the bull to be speared by. There might be other ways of handling the bull. From my point of view there is a whole spectrum of things in between these two opposites. I see full unfettered capitalism as harmful as I consider full blown communism. They're both totalitarian systems just with different masters and propaganda. Social democracy as done in much of Europe is in between the two (or at least used to be when I grew up). It tries to respect basic human rights such as housing and health care, while still allowing corporations to do their thing. Controls imposed on corporations tries to ensure that they don't go completely bonkers in search of the almighty profit.