Quote: Originally posted by Geoff332@09-15-2003 08:28 PM
No matter how you allocate the power -- there are going to be people who have and people who have not. Whether you are referring to ownership of property or decision making over the use of shared capital is secondary. How does communism over-come this?
I'm afraid the notion of an idealist utopia has never worked historically -- how will this be different under communism?
Let me put this another way: I am not saying property rights are either good or bad. I am saying that most of what I consider to be the major problems of society are independant of the means of making production decisions. Communism might solve some of the problems of capitalism (of which there are many), but it would create a whole new raft of problems. | well list the major problems that you don't attribute to capitalism and i'll, if they can be, show how communism could solve them.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill |