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Ultimately this is only because such systems are forced to take on responsibility that our current system completely ignores. Public opinion seems to be that if
by ivanbakel 6y ago
Ultimately this is only because such systems are forced to take on responsibility that our current system completely ignores. Public opinion seems to be that if you can't do something well, it is better to not bother.
The current system of capitalism would also be described by some as a "living nightmare". The poorest would feel that they have little freedom, and a great deal of oppression. And while many millions will die under such a system, they will not be considered to have died because of the system, because the system is cleverly described as hands-off: they simply died, and it was unavoidable. Whereas any step towards socialism requires being more hands-on - and while a lack of policy is just as effective as a lacking policy, the second is somehow worse.
- chrisseaton 6y agoYes this is all true the current system is also bad, but I think anytime someone tries to go in and fix it radically enough to have everyone more-or-less equal it's an absolute shit-show, and seems to open some kind of hell-gate of deliberate oppression, which yes I do actually think is somehow morally worse than apathetic oppression.
- AnimalMuppet 6y ago> Ultimately this is only because such systems are forced to take on responsibility that our current system completely ignores. Perhaps. But there are too many examples of societies that, when they decided to take on that responsibility, were unequipped to do so without becoming horribly oppressive. And not being oppressive is part of their responsibility, too...