Battlestar
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Awareness is important to have.
That's not entirely true. Mercentalism emerged due to both the colonial empires and breakdown of the guild system. Modern capitalism really began in the 19th century, with the growth of both industry and the financial sector. Modern capitalism is the most debasing and destructive social force in history.Aight, commies, do you want to know what Capitalism is? It's essentially a nice big name we gave to an evolved form of bartering. That is literally it, selling your labour or property for an agreed price.
Aight, commies, do you want to know what Capitalism is? It's essentially a nice big name we gave to an evolved form of bartering. That is literally it, selling your labour or property for an agreed price.
Granted, I absolutely know why you hate this. It's not something you can micromanage, thus you control freak communists practically perceive it as original sin. It really reveals just how off the rails totalitarian commies are, and why they should be kept as far away from power as possible.
Has anyone else noticed how the planned economy of a communist stat is essentially the palace economy of a bronze age civilization? You even have the focus on massive public works project, and the total dependacy of knowledge on the priestly class (the communist party).
Basically war + famine caused trade to break down, then the institutions fell apart because they were all interdependent.Does any one remember what happened to said bronze age civilization?
Basically war + famine caused trade to break down, then the institutions fell apart because they were all interdependent.
Basically war + famine caused trade to break down, then the institutions fell apart because they were all interdependent.
...and then people try to say that autarky is bad.
autarky has sub optimal outcomes when taken to the extreme.
autarky has sub optimal outcomes when taken to the extreme.
I mean in an Ideal world you have no trade barriers or subdisies and end up with maximized economic outcomes for all. Unfortantly ends up happening is that envitably some country cheats in order to get further ahead, or some one puts security above economic growth or some asshole starts a war.
We do not live in an ideal world.
"Seizing the means of production" communism being good on paper is a crock. As its central tenet requires steling others stuff sorry theft is never good.
While it purports itself to be for the sake of the working class, it is always academics and bureaucrats that champion and benefit communism.
While it purports itself to be for the sake of the working class, it is always academics and bureaucrats that champion and benefit communism.
Before you can begin to discuss what the best tax policy is, you need to have institutions that are capable of implementing that policy predictably, as written. Because the worst thing in the world for economic growth is legal unpredictability. And the only way you're going to get legal predictability is a strong and well-funded government that pays civil servants adequately, and that clearly separates itself from business interests. If the government is weak, then every man is a law unto himself. If you don't pay your civil servants adequately, you get corruption. If the government doesn't separate itself from business interests you get crony capitalism.