Democracy?

[Weltall]

Originally posted by A Black Falcon
Huh? That doesn't exactly make sense... who said technology stagnates? People would still work on research and development of new ideas...

The whole point of why it DOESN'T work is that people will not work just as hard for no more reward than someone who does less than them. If people were perfect, people would work hard with no expectation of increased payment for it... they'd do it just to be better people...

Communism does not work, not just because communist regimes are almost always repressive and genocidal, but because the very idea of communism is antithetical to progress. If the world were one giant communist utopia, technology would certainly stagnate, because what would be the incentive to find new technology? One could not earn riches or glory in a communist system, theoretically.

People are not equal. Some people are inherently superior to others in some fashion. That's what makes our society function, almost everyone has a specialty. It's also the basic nature of competition that exists in not only human nature, but nature as a whole, that makes a system like Capitalism the best way to go.

Not to mention, even if communism worked, the very idea is repulsive to me. I don't want everyone equal. What would be the point of living if you had to live with the certainty that nothing will ever change in your lifetime? You just live, work, and die, with no pleasure.

Like N-Man said, that sounds like anything but perfect to me. Perfect to me is having enough money that I can enjoy the finer things in life. And since I don't plan to achieve that without a lot of hard work, I would not feel the slightest bit sorry for anyone who didn't achieve that.