Capitalism - the Ultimate Religion

[Existentialist]

The problem with pure capitalism is that it can result in an autocracy.
The problem with pure communism is that it can result in totalitarianism.

The best society is going to be designed as a balancing act between the two to prevent either from happening.

This is a false polarity. Communism and Capitalism aren't on a sliding scale, with one at one end and the other at the other in their "pure" form. Capitalism is flexible - it bends and adjusts to pressure to neutralise revolutionary forces before they destroy it, so capitalism in its "pure" form includes massive concessions. We have never had a communist society so we cannot know whether communism leads to totalitarianism or not; communism would need to be a worldwide phenomenon, not one set up in a minority of countries acting as nation states, for us to judge. I'm not saying I would advocate that, but I do feel the need to accurately assess my role and position in the religion of capitalism, as we all should.

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To paraphrase Churchill,

Capitalism is the worst system of all, apart from all the others.

There's a lot of repair work to do in Bladon this morning, I hear one of the graves appears to have been disturbed in the night - from the inside!