> Why the only alternatives to capitalism that come to mind are always China and Gulags? Is there absolutely nothing else we can imagine? The answer is that it

> Why the only alternatives to capitalism that come to mind are always China and Gulags? Is there absolutely nothing else we can imagine? The answer is that it's effective propaganda. Starvation and gulags are terrible evils. If you can plant the idea in someone's mind that they are what you get when a society questions capitalism, then you've created a zealous foot-soldier for capitalism who feels he's fighting for good against evil. Someone who zealously fights starvation and gulags is fighting for good against evil, but those were mainly the result of particular alternatives to capitalism: radical Soviet-style central planning and dictatorship. That's not the only alternative: there are others, including many that haven't been thought of yet. Also, it's not like capitalism is over and we know how it ends. Maybe it too will find its way to starvation and gulags.