Perhaps once must look at utility rather than ideals when dealing with the realm of realism. The end goal of all systems is essentially the same, it's the methods which are employed to get there which differ. We are animals, we rationalize, we respond to stimuli and we are often arrogant and risk averse. These characteristics match well with the capitalist system, thus it becomes useful and efficient.
The base of everything is knowledge. That knowledge can be gained either from mistakes made by the self or understanding mistakes made by others. Experience or education. To fix something which is vastly broken requires vast amounts of effort. One can either assist the effort directly themselves through protest and revolt, or they can invest in the future and ensure the lives of their children will be better than the lives which they themselves have lived.
Both have been shown to work, I am a proponent of the latter as I am against violence and promote cooperation. Often times it is the silent who make the biggest change in the world.
The base of everything is knowledge. That knowledge can be gained either from mistakes made by the self or understanding mistakes made by others. Experience or education. To fix something which is vastly broken requires vast amounts of effort. One can either assist the effort directly themselves through protest and revolt, or they can invest in the future and ensure the lives of their children will be better than the lives which they themselves have lived.
Both have been shown to work, I am a proponent of the latter as I am against violence and promote cooperation. Often times it is the silent who make the biggest change in the world.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
