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[–] b_n@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago (5 children)

What if... Capitalism alwayd leads to unchecked corruption.

[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

What if, communism always gets corrupt too?

[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What if... All systems are inherently corrupt because of human nature and we just have to choose the best one of the crappy lot to survive and that's definitely not crony capitalism?

[–] Juliee@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

How do you even want to have a communism without the Marx theoretised over abundance and infinite supply of goods? I don’t think we are going to have that any time soon last I checked.

All the attempts so far were so called socialism intermediary step because there is no prophesied infinite abundance just yet and someone would have to regulate who gets what that poses all sorts of problems and abuse risks

Hence we don’t have some kind of god who regulates who gets what extensively and we let the market do this and see it as the most just system currently possible

It’s possible that one day technology enables us to naturally progress to communism. Fusion power, infinite energy is a good bet but even then there will still be limited goods such as land. I personally certainly dream of a Star Trek society why not but it isn’t something imminent.

So far we are stuck with distribution of goods as a competition and we should try to make it as fair and just of a sport as possible but the exact rules of the game will remain a point of contention between American libertarianism and European welfare states

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