Capitalism or Communism

Originally Posted by Ghan_04

Ah. My apologies.
I had intended to do so, just not right away.

Personally, I think that a capitalistic type government that practices laissez faire principles is far superior to one that prefers big government.
A non-interfering government allows for rights and liberties for individuals, and is the only system that has been proven to work where the opposite has failed. A competitive market that promotes personal effort and free choice is always better for an economy and a country as a whole.

Here I must disagree. The US tried Laissez-Faire and now the Subprime Crisis and your 11 trillion dollars of debt is the price you paid for it. Laissez-Faire is certainly not the right thing at the moment, there MUST be restrictions placed on the market, and this is precisely why.

As for Capitalism or Communism, I choose neither. Both have Utopian dreams but neither work out the way they should.

Yes gaspshockmahgahd Capitalism actually DOES have a noble goal: Adam Smith thought that if there was more money for individuals then everyone would also have more as a result. So, the Capitalism that we see today, where the rich get richer and the poor live in slums, was not exactly what he had in mind.

As for Communism, Karl Marx created the concept with the vision of reducing everyone to the Proletariat or the base-structure, removing the Bourgeoise or super-structure from the equasion. In a normal democratic society the Proletariat do all the work while the Bourgeoise have all the power. He saught to reduce men down to equals. Of course it was never put into practical use, what with the Soviet Union being State Capitalism and all. And on top of that, in reality, it would turn out to be more like a forced-enslavement camp, where everybody is working for everyone else's bread and butter.

I'm sorry, but if I'm working for 36 hours to get my 'bread and butter' I don't necessarily want to share it with the rest of my unemployed neighbourhood. I want to keep what I have earned to do with it as I wish. I'd gladly show others how they too can earn their own, but I have no cause to give up what is mine.

Libertarianism ftw.

Bureaucracy is the most terrible invention in the entire world.

Because of this, I choose anarchy as a government, and capitalism naturally follows. Currently, bureaucracy serves to make the rich richer, and the poor poorer. All it takes to spread the wealth around is for someone to realize they can get a whole lot of money by competing with large, rich, corporations.

Originally Posted by brad.dude03

Here I must disagree. The US tried Laissez-Faire and now the Subprime Crisis and your 11 trillion dollars of debt is the price you paid for it. Laissez-Faire is certainly not the right thing at the moment, there MUST be restrictions placed on the market, and this is precisely why.
Libertarianism ftw.

Lol? Libertarianism basically IS laissez-faire economically, unless of course you are referring to left-libertarianism and egalitarian distribution of resources. And America's debt is not the result of laissez-faire economics, either, as we haven't really practiced them for like 200 years. Little by little, America has abandoned its true capitalist tendencies and replaced them with the pseudo-capitalistic socialism that we have today: welfare, medicare, medicaid, social security. These are the banes of American economy; these are the causes of our debt.