I definitely think there is a lot of "grass is greener" thinking going on right now. Especially amongst those on the far-left who are pushing communist/socialis

I definitely think there is a lot of "grass is greener" thinking going on right now. Especially amongst those on the far-left who are pushing communist/socialist ideas on twitter. I had a discussion on reddit recently with a communist and the gist of their argument was basically: 1. I'm having a tough time in life because I have skills that aren't very profitable under capitalism. 2. Under communism the idea is 'from each according to their ability and to each according to their need'. 3. This removes the profit motive so my skills will be valued more under communism. The problem is that these people aren't thinking about 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc order effects of their ideas. For example, profit isn't necessarily a bad thing. Profit encourages people build more things and efficiently use resources. You can't expect the same level of prosperity without a profit motive.