your choice:communism or capitalism??
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Only choosing between the 2.. capitalism FOR SURE...\n\nCommunism will not work at all in combination with human nature. We as humans want our efforts to go towards our family and our well being. Would a person willingly work extra hard and watch the benefits of the extra effort going to the lazy SOB down the street who does NOTHING???\n\n*********\nAnd to the ignorant youth who spout off their little "anarchy" crap... the best thing you can do is shut up. Your little attempts to look rebellious or special are just plain ridiculous. A society with no laws would not be a good thing. And the little "look at me" geeks who spout this crap would be the first ones actually weeded out in a 'survival of the fittest' anarchist scenario....
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Communism will never work.\n\nHumans all have different strengths and weaknesses.  In a capitalistic, you are able to discover and take advantage of those strengths.  You are compensated commensurate with amount of effort, education or innovation you apply to a specific task.  You are rewarded for creativity.\n\nNot so with communism.  Regardless of your efforts, you are compensated the same as everyone else.  Take the day off; get paid the same as someone that worked a double-shift.  What do you think you'd do?  Work or relax?\n\nThe Soviet Union was the classic example.  They would set quotas for steel pipe production.  They could crow they were the top producers in the world, and they were.  The problem was, no one would buy their pipe, because the quality was horrible.  There is no incentive for excellence, and that is required in today's world.\n\nThe responder that mentioned China is a bit disingenuous.  They have started modeling capitalistic standards after decades of being passed by the west.  More and more, they are allowing private enterprise to flourish.  Even in state owned industry, managers are given bonus' for meeting quality and production goals.  Clearly, not Marxist dogma...
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The only way you reform Capitalism is to move toward a Socialist or Communist type of government then you will find Capitalism practicing the largest self control to the point of becoming noncompetitive.  Under those types of government most people are poor and without hope.  In a Capitalist Economy maybe everyone is poor, but there is hope of climbing out of it.  It is Capitalism's Greed that feeds the machine and makes it healthy.
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First things first. Capitalism and democracy are not synonomous. We do not live in a democracy in the U.S. We live in a republic. Look up the definitions in the dictionary. Second, communism and democracy in their true forms are both idealistically set up to have an equal society. Where everyone has an equal say and eveyone gets an equal share. Here's a question for you. Do you think either of those is happening in either of these countries? I say absolutely not. Bush doesn't want to liberate the world, he wants to enslave. With a one-world government they plan on taking control of every aspect of your life. Ever read 1984? Well the Orwellian tale is coming to fruition. Domestic spying, warrantless searches and cameras on every corner. And that's just the begining. So, my answer to your question is NO. Capitalism(democracy), as you put it, is not the only solution. The solution is a worldwide revolution of the mind. People need to wake up and realize what's going on around them. Then, maybe we can stop these bastards. VIVA LA REVOLUCION!!!!!!!
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Under socialism, government decides what to produce and how to allocate end product between consumers (in the best interest of all people, obviously). \n\nUnder capitalism, same thing is decided as a market equilibrium between firms and consumers.
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DAR: Did Marx have hundreds of thousands of people killed?\n\nI think Marx would be more pleasing.
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Share w them what u have learnt. \n\nTell them communism is utopian.\n\nTell them socialism is somewhere between communism and capitalism. It promotes REAL democracy, save the environment, doesn't need people to work like a dog... etc./
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No system is absolutely perfect, but I would pick a capitalist system over the alternative. \n\nMy fiance' lives in Vietnam and grew up eating rats and garbage because the communist system failed to generate enough resources to feed the population. Instead of a few people going hungry, the whole country was going hungry with exception of the people who were in the communist party or in the government. \n\nCapitalism is just taking shape in Vietnam, which turned the country completely around with the vast majority of the population having work, a decent place to live and not having to eat rats and garbage anymore.
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Since 17th century capitalism is the world s  best economical structure.\nLook at communism ,anarchism or socialism..all these beautiful ideologies r just utopic and destroyed real giants(-Russia).
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Capitalism...would be paintings by Da Vinci..even form and flowing...inspires awe\n\nCommunism..would be paintings byPiccaso...disjoined..\nuneven..\n\nSocialism..would be paintings by matise...catches your interest but hard to understand...
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Communism and capitalism are each kind of like religions, or philosophies.  A premise of communism is that it's degrading to human beings for some to be cast as workers who are forced to sell their labor to owners in order to live.  A premise of capitalism is that its degrading to human beings to be forced to be equal to each other in wealth.  Each sacifices some values or comforts in service of what it considers to be a higher value.  Jesus would probably be a communist (less greed, more equality), but capitalism seems to work better in certain ways among mortal people.
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For our friends that pick communism Explain why it failed.  I grant you the fantasy sounds great.  The reality produces less for all.\n\nPure Capitalism will not work either not one is greedy enough.  Greedy enough means being willing to work hard enough to make sure no one else can restrict your life style.\n\nBy that definition pure capitalism is very inefficient both for labor and capital.  The US with all its faults maybe the best we are going to get.\n\nOur Taxing policy is a bit funny also.  The individual (except maybe for the extremely high payed ones)are paid by what society feels they are worth. Then the taxman says since society feels you are so valuable you can donate by force money for the good of the rest. \n\nEnjoy the 1st Worlds life style while you can.  When the energy that makes it possible drys up so will the economy! There are 2 caveats to this statement we could go Nuclear or  the economics of Renewable Energy has to change.  Renewable Energy will never be directly economically viable unless our energy bill skyrockets after the infrastructure is installed or 2 international governments donate/invest a large enough plot of land to make private investor set up and take notice.  This land must be of little value for the politician's constituents to allow it, but the designer must see a way to change the value that is large enough to subsidize the infrastructure.
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Free enterprise\nor\nFind a communist utopia somewhere
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no!welcome to the real world,communism is just a theorie..the countries they had communism suffered from hunger and luck of opportunities..their goverments tried to manipulate the people and the ''big heads''were sharing all the wealth while the others had almost nothing.as long as money exists nothing can be shared equal in this world.
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this link will be of help to u...go thru it .. u will understand...\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism#Capitalist_theory
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Capitalist represents freedom, and that's what Christianity's all about. As far as yor references, this is amongst willing Christians, to help each other out. Never forced. Never state-run.
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Communists are cool because they make every shmuck as miserable as the next schmuck :).  And by the way, communism has never reached the strides Capitalism has in terms of wealth and common good.