Marxisim fails yet again

[nikimcbee]

Communism/socialism/marxism/obamunism will never work simply because of jealousy. There will always be jealousy. Person A will always have more that person B, and person B will find a way to take it from person A.

Then, see animal farm. You'll always have the party elites, who are too good to live like the commoners. Then exempt themselves from the rules.

[CaptainHaplo]

Socialism: slow in "building"
Capitalism: fast in "demolishing"

Actually thats backwards - it should be:

Capitalism: Slow in "Building"
Socialism: Fast in "Demolishing"

Is it a tough choice? Not really - considering what is slow in building is sustainable (for the most part) while what is quickly created goes downhill. So the question is do you want it to go from Bad to Good (slow - Capitalism), or Good to Bad (quick - Socialism)?

I for one will always choose the bad to good - so while it may be slow, society can improve, vs get worse.

[Tchocky]

Free-market capitalism mixed with economic mismanagement saw my country go from basket case to #1 and back to basket case, all in my lifetime.

Woo Yay.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

Actually thats backwards - it should be:

Capitalism: Slow in "Building"
Socialism: Fast in "Demolishing"

Is it a tough choice? Not really - considering what is slow in building is sustainable (for the most part) while what is quickly created goes downhill. So the question is do you want it to go from Bad to Good (slow - Capitalism), or Good to Bad (quick - Socialism)?

I for one will always choose the bad to good - so while it may be slow, society can improve, vs get worse.

I've got a good reference point, as I've lived in both Russia and the US. Prefer captitalism every time