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Probably because humans don't like to sacrifice that much for others, and such a system could never work on humans without total control of those within the sys
by higherpurpose 12y ago
Probably because humans don't like to sacrifice that much for others, and such a system could never work on humans without total control of those within the system - which is a democracy destroyer and also doesn't work because pesky humans tend to love their freedoms quite a bit, too.
- vidarh 12y agoI find this argument odd. Marx did not argue for most people to sacrifice. On the contrary: He argued for the majority to recognise that the minority would not willingly lift them up, and instead to rise up and take their share. If you don't believe humans are willing to "sacrifice that much" for others, capitalism would not survive: The vast majority willingly accept that there are people with vast amounts of more wealth than them.
- eli_gottlieb 12y ago>The vast majority willingly accept that there are people with vast amounts of more wealth than them. Actually, I'm not entirely sure that's true[1]: people seem to mostly just underestimate how much inequality (and thus how much wealth) there really is. They think they're sacrificing "a fair share" so there can be "enough for others" or "because everyone has to earn theirs", when actually they're just being exploited but haven't seen or acknowledged the data. [1] http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20ariely%20in%20press.pdf http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20ariely%20in%20pre...