posted on Nov, 11 2008 @ 03:09 PM
reply to post by kvaniu
i don't like a number of the different philosophies mentioned. using communism or capitalism, or any of the shades between, as a form of government
is objectionable because it requires that society is run as an economy.
if you accept this to be true, as it evidently is judging by the current political climate, the ramifications are pretty disturbing. essentially, in
any political system run on an economic basis, money, often referred to simply as "the economy", is more important than the citizens.
in fact, citizens are merely an aspect of the economy, either as consumers or producer/workers, and the resources allocated to them is directly
proportional to the perceived benefit which can be derived from them.
given that the above is true, another way of viewing the situation puts citizens firmly in the category of state asset, and the value assigned to
these assets depends almost entirely on their productivity. in any economic model the aim is to increase wealth, therefore, the productivity of the
asset citizen is determined by their level of wealth generation.
in an incentivised economic government (capitalism) the generation of wealth is equal to personal wealth and in a non-incentivised economic government
(communism) wealth generation is intimately linked to power. in either case, the valuable assets are far smaller in number than the disposable assets.
what all this means is that, in an economic government, the government inevitably works for the betterment of a select elite at the expense of the
majority. there is no way an economic government can function in any other way.