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Quote by: Alive  Capitalism is far better at reducing lack.
No, that's what happens in capitalism. If one business or even one industry fails to provide, another will arise to take it's place, because there is profit to be made in fulfilling that need. If there's a severe apple shortage, the prices of other fruits will rise as demand shifts from apples to other fruits. The increased prices will create profit for expanding fruit production, which will in turn lower prices--so people can replace apples with oranges or whatever, and not lack fruit.
This doesn't happen efficiently in communism because there is no incentive for an orange producer to expand production simply because the apple producer failed to produce sufficiently.
This makes no sense. Lack is a fact of life. No one can have everything they want. |
This is true, that diversity in available goods may be lower in communism, this has been shown in socialist practices.
Lack is indeed a fact of life, but it does make sense within the communist structure somewhat, because it isn't about one person lacking, it is about the system not lacking. And, in a functioning communism, the system not lacking means all the people have what they need and want at the high end of their expectation, because they all input at the high-end of their ability. The incentive is not placed on your own personal benefit, it is that if you give more then that value is added to the system as a whole, it is a creative process and so if the people aren't of the nature to willfully look at ways of making the system more diverse, or constantly seeking ways of improving the quality of life of everyone, then it will grow stagnant. But also, communism relies upon the rejection of capitalism, which in itself requires people both willing and able to overthrow a debt-based currency type system, so they are probably willing enough to constantly raise the bar of the status quo. Communism relies on the character and integrity of the people, whereas capitalism assumes nothing in that regard, and relies on inherent greed as the means for the system to become richer.
It is a different way of looking at the same problem is all. The problem is that there are alot of individuals that want to be in a community somehow, how do we make it work?
I know, and we have seen, the flaws of the communist theory. I'd say we have also seen the flaws of the capitalist theory. Unfortunately, it is difficult to break out of both.
And its gotten late, good night. :)