Poll: What is you're favorite economic structure?

[Denis Trailin]

Don't flame communism or socialism and be ignorant. Remember that this is economics only, not politics, a mistake that a lot of people make. Also The USSR and China are socialist not communist and that has nothing to do with their tough political stance. Tell me what you think.

 

[DustyDrB]

Capitalism. I like having lots of money.

 

[TheTim]

The U.S.S.R. doesnt exist anymore. And their economic system caused it to be that way

 

[Good morning blues]

So how are we distinguishing socialist economies from capitalist and communist ones? "Socialism" is a very, very vague term.

 

[Wadders]

The one where I end up with loads of money that I can buy stuff with.

 

[Berethond]

Capitalist.
If we can take humans out of the equation, then communism would be great.

But we're human.
So capitalism it is.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Capitalism, only one that gets work done without killing it's own people

 

[Kryzantine]

Feudalism is out of the question. Absolutely no middle class at all, unsuitable for a modern economy. Communism has the same problem; despite all you can do, it will still invariably lead to a rich-poor scenario and cause problems. Socialism is an interesting one, but leaving the power of the economy in so many hands is simply inefficient. Probably the most functional economic system for the modern world would be an oligopoly, which falls under capitalism. It just has that balance between the power of the producer and the power of the consumer.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

Capitalism because it the most balanced and more practical

 

[AngryPuppy]

Capitalist.
If we can take humans out of the equation, then communism would be great.

But we're human.
So capitalism it is.

I couldn't agree more if I tried. I can't add much more, you said what I was going to say already.

 

[Johnnyallstar]

Capitalism. Socialism, while looking good on paper doesn't even work then, because no new technology or progress will occur, and if it does, it will be very very slow, because socialism lacks the chance of economic reimbursement. No reason for people to desire progress, no progress. The only time the governing body will force progress is to keep up with other people, as in USSR keeping up with America in the arms race.

Socialism tends to freeze things in time, and maintain the status quo. The very nature of Capitalism is progress. The demand to always be the cutting edge. Always be the best, always to survive is only natural.

 

[blackjaw1]

Socialism tends to freeze things in time, and maintain the status quo. The very nature of Capitalism is progress. The demand to always be the cutting edge. Always be the best, always to survive is only natural.

Unless you live in America, in which case we should give large sums of money to companies that can't hack it because we're morons.

Seriously, have you not paid attention the last 15 years?

 

[Johnnyallstar]

Socialism tends to freeze things in time, and maintain the status quo. The very nature of Capitalism is progress. The demand to always be the cutting edge. Always be the best, always to survive is only natural.

Unless you live in America, in which case we should give large sums of money to companies that can't hack it because we're morons.

Seriously, have you not paid attention the last 15 years?

Over the last 60 years due to the progressive movement we have become less and less capitalistic and more socialistic. Ever look into more than last 15 years, and say, last century of major congressional flows? The biggest movement occurred with FDR's New Deal. The New Deal was a socialist program designed to end the Great Depression, but only managed to make it worse. World War 2 didn't end the Great Depression. It ended the New Deal, which ended the Great Depression. Socialism always has that effect everywhere it's tried, and America has been flirting with it for the last 80 years. It's bound to start having an effect sooner or later.

Edit: Well I assume you can see that there has been progress within the technology industry in the last 15 years fighting for the cutting edge, much of it coming out of America and Japan, which are both free capitalistic nations. I mean, I'm not using a modem and 3.5 floppy disks, and a 4x CD reader anymore.

 

[Horticulture]

Remember that this is economics only, not politics, a mistake that a lot of people make. Also The USSR and China are socialist not communist and that has nothing to do with their tough political stance.

It's generally difficult to disentangle economics and politics, but in the case of communism it's really not possible. In the Marxist sense, it's a unitary system (political and economic system rolled into one) which stems from a very specific process described at great length, and in the more modern (command economy) sense the intimate marriage of political and economic leadership makes it impossible to separate the two.

As for feudalism, it's not an economic system at all. You could swap the poll option to mercantilism for some old-fashioned flair

 

[Johnnyallstar]

Who in the ruddy bleeding fuck has a favorite economic structure?
What's next, favorite digit of pi?

I like the fourth. It's "1"

 

[SturmDolch]

Free, unfethered capitalism leads to the advancement of humanity. Let the people decide what they want.

 

[Denis Trailin]

Capitalism. Socialism, while looking good on paper doesn't even work then, because no new technology or progress will occur, and if it does, it will be very very slow, because socialism lacks the chance of economic reimbursement. No reason for people to desire progress, no progress. The only time the governing body will force progress is to keep up with other people, as in USSR keeping up with America in the arms race.

Socialism tends to freeze things in time, and maintain the status quo. The very nature of Capitalism is progress. The demand to always be the cutting edge. Always be the best, always to survive is only natural.

Yes, but look at the aboriginal people of North America they lived a content life's before Europeans came into the mix. This is toward your first point by the way.

 

[Toaster Hunter]

No system is perfect, but capitalism is the best so far.

 

[Paksenarrion]

Who in the ruddy bleeding fuck has a favorite economic structure?
What's next, favorite digit of pi?

I like the fourth. It's "1"

Ah ha! This proves you're a Pythagorist! You won't be preaching your pro-triangle ideals here!