Well when you are reading a history book, yes of course... But when you look at it from a perspective of everyone being equal etc... There is a certain charm to it. But then you think about it more logically and historically and it simply does not work and there is no real charm.
Everyone being equal sounds horrible. You seem to forget that we need excellent minds to progress our societies. These people need incentive to do that. In order to create a successfull business, you need to take risk and do a lot of free work up front. That's why business owners make more money - because they are paid afterwards for the time and effort they put in up front.
When you want everyone to be equal you must drag all the clever and ingenious people down to a moderate level. And you must spend a whole lot of energy, money and effort to drag the more stupid people up to the moderate level. The result is a mediocre society with no innovation that sucks and everyone is miserable and not free. For great achievements to happen, and most happiness for the most people we need FREEDOM.
This is why I can't take any capitalist seriously.
You people genuinely believe because everyone is treated equal and has a voice that inventors can't excel or people can't lead.
The bosses will be executed in the future; don't be one of them.
For a utopia to exist, it must always uphold an ideal for everyone.
To uphold such an ideal, there must be a way of enforcing it.
To do this, a totalitarian state must be established (why? Because a utopia dictates a way of life that is supposedly best for everyone; no deviance can be allowed).
There will be those that oppose this so-called ideal. In order to realize said utopia, the opposition must be suppressed.
Suppression of the opposition is oppressing the opposition.
A state where people are oppressed cannot be a utopia.
Further, in a utopian state, all ideas must be allowed to flourish. If such a flourishment is allowed, it will inevitably lead to change (in ideals). A supposedly utopian state in which its ideals are constantly subject to change is absolutely absurd.
Does it? I think it sounds like hell, even on paper :)
Well when you are reading a history book, yes of course... But when you look at it from a perspective of everyone being equal etc... There is a certain charm to it. But then you think about it more logically and historically and it simply does not work and there is no real charm.
Everyone being equal sounds horrible. You seem to forget that we need excellent minds to progress our societies. These people need incentive to do that. In order to create a successfull business, you need to take risk and do a lot of free work up front. That's why business owners make more money - because they are paid afterwards for the time and effort they put in up front.
When you want everyone to be equal you must drag all the clever and ingenious people down to a moderate level. And you must spend a whole lot of energy, money and effort to drag the more stupid people up to the moderate level. The result is a mediocre society with no innovation that sucks and everyone is miserable and not free. For great achievements to happen, and most happiness for the most people we need FREEDOM.
Hence the reason why I said to look at it logically and historically.... I agree with everything you just wrote. I'm all for capitalism!
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Yup. The chance of making some bucks incentives us to be as awesome as we can be :)
Exactly. People should get rewarded for innovation and success. :)
This is why I can't take any capitalist seriously.
You people genuinely believe because everyone is treated equal and has a voice that inventors can't excel or people can't lead.
The bosses will be executed in the future; don't be one of them.
LOLOL, because it's evil to hire people to work on a mission right?
Evil organization because.
We believe that inventors can't excel or people can't lead, what is a boss again?
Best comment ever hahahaha
Why every utopia is a dystopia in disguise:
For a utopia to exist, it must always uphold an ideal for everyone.
To uphold such an ideal, there must be a way of enforcing it.
To do this, a totalitarian state must be established (why? Because a utopia dictates a way of life that is supposedly best for everyone; no deviance can be allowed).
There will be those that oppose this so-called ideal. In order to realize said utopia, the opposition must be suppressed.
Suppression of the opposition is oppressing the opposition.
A state where people are oppressed cannot be a utopia.
Further, in a utopian state, all ideas must be allowed to flourish. If such a flourishment is allowed, it will inevitably lead to change (in ideals). A supposedly utopian state in which its ideals are constantly subject to change is absolutely absurd.
That's the fucking, depressing reality. A lot of good ideas just don't work in real life.
Like a reliable anti-virus.
Word!