"Capitalism: A Love Story"...Michael Moore's latest film.

[Rhizomorph13]

DLF,

I noticed that, but he seems much more concerned for the general welfare of the populace and it is more than just a turn of phrase.

Rhizo

[dry land fish]

DLF,

I noticed that, but he seems much more concerned for the general welfare of the populace and it is more than just a turn of phrase.

Rhizo

I'm concerned with the general welfare too. I'm just abrasive and offensive sometimes. I don't try to be but that's just me. I've always been that way.

[Violet]

Saerules,

I was wondering what your system was when I first read it and now I see that it is your own devising. I would have to see how you apply it to everchanging needs of the populace i.e. establish a rate of pay for a wagon wheel maker then react to the change when no wagon wheels are needed. It sounds like your system would require a host of people to adjust pay rates to respond to changes in the economy. Capitalism and a fiat money system adjust for this nicely due to market forces, without a formula because supply and demand are controled by the whim of the people in the system.

It is an interesting system. I'm thinking of a way to make money four dimensional so it will lose value over time thus eliminating the inevitable inflation that historically destroys fiat money. We are at the end of one of those cycles right now although the EU has made efforts to stave off that end by unifying money in the area into the Euro. It seems like it was a good move. Maybe us 'Mericans will form our own union and a competing America Dollar will birth onto the scene to stabalize our economy or at least restart the process that causes fiat money to become worthless.

Who knows,
Rhizo

Yes, there are a few kinks to work out. It cuts the bad away from communism and capitalism, joins the good of them together, and the final result is a very strong trade based nation. But this only applies to a trading nation... this is not a self-sufficient system as we've designed yet.

And a nation, to be successful, cannot be solely a trading nation. We're working on figuring out a way to deal with this. The best one yet is a trade-based (economy) with a single currency (i.e. krona, yen, pound, dollar.) forming the value of the money. The primary focus of this ideal nation is on technological development. The people form the military. Impenetrable defense, or so we think (There is a great deal of discussion that a person would probably need with me to understand where I'm coming from with each point, but if you want to discuss any of the points: go ahead , nobody will stop you and I will be very happy to answer your questions).

[Meatball]

I just saw the trailer for this, it looks fun.