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Originally posted by Old77
You decide if the world economy turns and it will do so to your liking.
Originally posted by Blaine91555
The problem with Socialism is that it ALWAYS leads to a two class society. A Ruling Class has all the power and all the wealth, while everyone else does without and shares only in the bones they are tossed by the Ruling Class.
Originally posted by Blaine91555Capitalism or its antithesis can be a good thing and should be a good thing. Problem is the people not the system used. The problem has always been with the people.
Originally posted by Blaine91555Give people something for nothing and cradle to grave handouts, they demand more and more until they destroy themselves
"Anarchism is stateless socialism", Michael Bakunin, in "Stateless Socialism: Anarchism" as translated in The Political Philosophy of Bakunin (1953) by G.P. Maximoff
Technological capacity to produce enough to satisfy everyone's needs already exists globally and has done so for many decades. Yet needs continue to remain unmet on a massive scale. Why? Quite simply because scarcity is a functional requirement of capitalism itself.