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In 1820 94.4 lived in extreme poverty. In 2015 that figure has come down to 9.6.
That's capitalism.

Without capitalism you'll never have enough money to have any socialist type programmes like free at the point of delivery healthcare and free education and all the other public services.

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And if you do not like capitalism your options are :

Feudalism.....nightmare
Communism.....failed experimental nightmare

Sparta..... indeed

 


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Originally posted by Stirlingsays

In 1820 94.4 lived in extreme poverty. In 2015 that figure has come down to 9.6.
That's capitalism.

Without capitalism you'll never have enough money to have any socialist type programmes like free at the point of delivery healthcare and free education and all the other public services.

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You ought to know about 1820, you were there.....

 

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Deleted11 01 Oct 18 11.38am

Honestly, people like Corbyn that go on about how capitalism has failed us need to really look at how politician incompetence has failed us. I wouldn't class capitalism above socialism or the other way around, but believe that socialism will be the end result of a successful capitalist project.
Personally, I would rather hold leaders accountable to their manifestos than fight for some abstract ideology/theology.

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Originally posted by PalazioVecchio

And if you do not like capitalism your options are :

Feudalism.....nightmare
Communism.....failed experimental nightmare

Sparta..... indeed


Sparta was an oligarchy.....rule by elites.....some might say that our form of democracy incorporates elements of it.

 


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Originally posted by steeleye20

You ought to know about 1820, you were there.....


I was and you had grey hair even then.

 


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croydon proud Flag Any european country i fancy! 01 Oct 18 12.00pm

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

In 1820 94.4 lived in extreme poverty. In 2015 that figure has come down to 9.6.
That's capitalism.

Without capitalism you'll never have enough money to have any socialist type programmes like free at the point of delivery healthcare and free education and all the other public services.

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And without socialism you would never have had free at the point of delivery healthcare and free education and all the other public services!

 

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Originally posted by Jway89

Honestly, people like Corbyn that go on about how capitalism has failed us need to really look at how politician incompetence has failed us. I wouldn't class capitalism above socialism or the other way around, but believe that socialism will be the end result of a successful capitalist project.
Personally, I would rather hold leaders accountable to their manifestos than fight for some abstract ideology/theology.

Edited by Jway89 (01 Oct 2018 11.44am)

The end result of socialism is communism.

Socialism is a disaster as an economic system but parts of it are useful as a moral philosophy.....for example, representation for the poor.

However, full blown socialism is very much an social constructionist ideology rather than a practical system that takes account of human nature.

Edited by Stirlingsays (01 Oct 2018 12.08pm)

 


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No wonder there was extreme poverty and deprivation in 1820, Virgin was running it all.

 

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Originally posted by croydon proud


And without socialism you would never have had free at the point of delivery healthcare and free education and all the other public services!

Well...Yes, but it wasn't a socialist state paying for them....but yea, as a means of regulating capitalism socialism has had benefits.

It has some merits as a moral philosophy.....though unchecked it's created the messes we see coming out of the humanities in our universities.

Socialism itself needs to be checked by a rational acceptance of human nature....not a dislike of it.

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Deleted11 01 Oct 18 12.23pm

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

The end result of socialism is communism.

Socialism is a disaster as an economic system but parts of it are useful as a moral philosophy.....for example, representation for the poor.

However, full blown socialism is very much an social constructionist ideology rather than a practical system that takes account of human nature.

Edited by Stirlingsays (01 Oct 2018 12.08pm)

I can see the world becoming a communist society, maybe in 50 years or 200, but at some point we will reach a stage where a billionaire is worth just the same as an average Joe and only their intellect will really separate them.

 

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Originally posted by Jway89

I can see the world becoming a communist society, maybe in 50 years or 200, but at some point we will reach a stage where a billionaire is worth just the same as an average Joe and only their intellect will really separate them.

I don't see that being voluntary myself.

However, the coming computer automation from AI is going to wipe out most blue collar work and quite a lot of white collar work as well.

The future will certainly be different and will need different solutions.

 


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