(July 19, 2019 at 9:13 pm)Amarok Wrote:Quote:The only alternative to capitalism is communism which killed and enslaved far more people1. Red Herring
2. Communism has never enslaved a single human being . Authoritarinism has and Communism isn't inherently authoritarian . Thus your ignorance is displayed
3. Capitalism by it's very nature is slavery
4. So you admit capitalism is slavery then
Nice job proving my point
Nope sorry, I have to take issue with you as well.
Communism did not enslave anyone no, but it most certainly oppresses people. And Capitalism exists in China so, you cannot treat Capitalism as the opposite of Communism.
You are not going to rid a planet of 7 billion of the desire to own things, and that means you will not get rid of the private sector. What humans can and should do worldwide, is insist that their respective governments don't allow monopolies of power.
I will always have a problem with closed state monopolies, like China, and Saudi Arabia whom DO also allow the private sector. I value an open west of course, but the only thing about the west, especially America right now, is that we are letting wealth dictate to us far too much. But that does not make China or Cuba better places to live.