17th March 2010, 4:25 PM
Communism is an entirely impossible philosophy to implement successfully because it makes several, fatally incorrect, assumptions about human nature. It could only work if applied to a human race that lost all competitive drive. Forget humanity, life itself operates on competitive principle. The argument in favor of communism is always "it wouldn't fail if someone did it right", but it's not possible to 'do right'. Human beings would have to become mindless robots. People aren't equal, and this is not only a fact but an asset. Too much symmetry would destroy us.
Marx and Engels were smart men, no doubt, but they were awful philosophers. Capitalism isn't friendly and fuzzy, but it's the best system we have until such time as we create a post-shortage existence.
Marx and Engels were smart men, no doubt, but they were awful philosophers. Capitalism isn't friendly and fuzzy, but it's the best system we have until such time as we create a post-shortage existence.
YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER
WE STAND AT THE DOOR
WE STAND AT THE DOOR