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Quote by: SoylentGreen  People also can act kindly ,intelligently and think with their brain instead of their dick. |
They can, but human nature is selfish - i.e. the drive towards self preservation.
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Such thoughts as working for a better community and providing for those less able and sharing the wealth are not alien concepts.
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Certainly not, but humans do not generally work with no hope of a return on their investment - a specific return that is.
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Capitalism is entirely based on people acting as if the reward of working is "what's in it for me" then I guess it can also be said that communism is entirely based on "whats in it for us"
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True, which is why it won't work. Because when there is a job to do, and "everyone" is responsible for its completion, ultimately no one is responsible.
Let's take an industrial example - cattle. Each farm cow belongs to a specific farmer, who has the ultimate responsibility not only to that cow but to ensure that their herd of cows is successfully maintained for their profit. I think we can agree that cows have not ever been in danger of extinction.
Compare the cows to buffalo. In the case of buffalo, they were community property - no one was ultimately responsible for the herd, everyone just shot as many as they could (each according to his ability) and took home however many they wanted (each according to his need - or want as the case may be). Buffalo were overhunted to the point of near extinction until - guess what - private farmers realized there was money to be made from buffalo farms. More then the endangered species list, private capitalist ownership has brought the buffalo back.