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Old Oct 26, 2003, 11:55 pm   #2 (permalink) (top)
RebelWithanAK
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People work under Feudalism because they are 'indebted,' via their birthright, to their lord in an hierarchical system based on force. There is no education. There is no equimenical distribution based on one's effort or product. The aristocracy control lives and production in their king-ordained fiefdoms. The 'people' are largely serfs.

People work under Capitalism because they are paid, based on their educational level, to do so. Their wages are based on the 'accepted industry standard,' controlled by self-serving plutocrats and defended by the bourgeoisie, who seek to become part of the plutocratic aristocracy. Their education is largely based on their birthright, which becomes a self-serving prophecy as entry into a higher class is unattainable because it is unaffordable. The 'people' are largely wage slaves and salarymen.

People work under Socialism because they are paid, based their educational level, to do so. Their wages are based on the 'accepted living standard,' controlled by a government of elected representatives. Their education is largely based on their ability, as it is free and universal, and through social welfare class distinctions are blurred. The 'people' are as free as they ever were and more.

Capitalism is closest to Feudalism.


. . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
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