I think that saying was about democracy, not capitalism
Bear in mind that US is a capitalist lunapark. Most developed countries understood that social policies are absolutely necessary for people, even though we could call those countries a “capitalist country” or countries “based on capitalism”. Just saying that don’t take what’s happenning in the US as a base because it’s not
If we’re about to start to brainstorm about different systems - bear in mind that (not all but many) people are greedy, proud, jealous and sometimes assholes. And personally, I have a really hard time to design a system that would handle all those wonderful human treats in some decent way
P.S. I was born in socialist Czechoslovakia and its goal was noble but … it’s amazing to watch human greed and jealousy to take over a system like socialism
Yah and a lot of the time you hear that saying about democracy people say basically ‘it’s not great but it’s better than anything else we’ve tried’.
I would also add to what you’re saying about the lunapark - capitalism could work as part of a larger system. At least I think it could. But the uber rich have decimated the normal checks and balances which are the most important element to any system - not just a capitalist democracy.
I think our only hope is for aliens or AI to take over. Whenever humans form a large group, the worst qualities rise to the top. This is how we became the dominant species, but we don’t need it anymore.
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P.S. I was born in socialist Czechoslovakia and its goal was noble but … it’s amazing to watch human greed and jealousy to take over a system like socialism
Yah and a lot of the time you hear that saying about democracy people say basically ‘it’s not great but it’s better than anything else we’ve tried’.
I would also add to what you’re saying about the lunapark - capitalism could work as part of a larger system. At least I think it could. But the uber rich have decimated the normal checks and balances which are the most important element to any system - not just a capitalist democracy.
I think our only hope is for aliens or AI to take over. Whenever humans form a large group, the worst qualities rise to the top. This is how we became the dominant species, but we don’t need it anymore.
Yep this is my understanding.
Most Western democracies have capitalism plus socialised services like health and defence.