(March 17, 2016 at 10:04 am)abaris Wrote:(March 17, 2016 at 9:51 am)Brian37 Wrote: Trump and the GOP and the 1% masturbate at the prospect of replicating China's authoritarian capitalism here.
Yeah, China kind of combines the worst of both worlds. Unchained capitalism and an authoritarian regime. I wouldn't even call it communist, since communism at least offered social security, which China doesn't.
This is the problem with ALL forms of ideology, be they political, or religious or economic views.
ALL OF THEM point to the benefits, but the problem is they all get sold as cures and utopias, and the reality is humans are never simplistic labels, which is why cookie cutters don't work. Parts may have benefits, but even then, what works at one point may not work for ever and nobody ever agrees in the mass of the entire nation 100% of the time.
So my attitude his mixed economies and bans on all monopolies, be they political or religious or economic or class, with the attitude that you change when the conditions change.
Closed markets like China ARE successful, and Saudi Arabia is not a poor nation. But they do all invest in the global market. My only objection to the current conditions of America, isn't the private sector, but the attitude of far too much of the top.
Anything humans do, and every aspect of life, can become abusive. That is why I am no fan of "one size" and "either/or" but case by case and balance that allows for some inequity but not lopsided, with the attitude that a chain is as only as strong as it's weakest link.
Right now things are way out of whack and far too much power has been given to one class. NO you cant get rid of the private sector, but right now, the corporate world is abusive.