By Anang Pal Malik Socialism vs Capitalism is basically a conflict of two visions of man. Of how man is conceived by the two camps. Socialists say that man is perfect, capable of overcoming all failings like desires and greed, etc., and doing good of others all the time, without expecting any reward. If he is not currently doing so, it is because of the political and social systems that force him to do less than noble things. If therefore, wise men (read intellectuals) seize control of society and reconfigure everything, ensuring that every man gets work according to his capacity (which they somehow think they can know about each individual) and gets paid according to his need (which again they assume they can determine for each member of society), ideal man would emerge. Though even a bit adult contemplation itself would reveal that 1. For a select small group, it is impossible to reorder society, they may of course collapse it. 2. For this group, neither it is possible to know the capacity, nor possible to know the need of each individual member of society. And of course apart from contemplation, now we have had empirical evidence of at least a hundred countries, and all that the socialists achieved was destroying the countries beyond repair. Of course there is this little matter of Freedom itself. Giving a group of men such power over the remaining means the members of society are no longer free. They are more like zoo animals, with the select group (polit bureau) as the zoo-keepers.
Socialism vs Capitalism
Socialism vs Capitalism
Socialism vs Capitalism
By Anang Pal Malik Socialism vs Capitalism is basically a conflict of two visions of man. Of how man is conceived by the two camps. Socialists say that man is perfect, capable of overcoming all failings like desires and greed, etc., and doing good of others all the time, without expecting any reward. If he is not currently doing so, it is because of the political and social systems that force him to do less than noble things. If therefore, wise men (read intellectuals) seize control of society and reconfigure everything, ensuring that every man gets work according to his capacity (which they somehow think they can know about each individual) and gets paid according to his need (which again they assume they can determine for each member of society), ideal man would emerge. Though even a bit adult contemplation itself would reveal that 1. For a select small group, it is impossible to reorder society, they may of course collapse it. 2. For this group, neither it is possible to know the capacity, nor possible to know the need of each individual member of society. And of course apart from contemplation, now we have had empirical evidence of at least a hundred countries, and all that the socialists achieved was destroying the countries beyond repair. Of course there is this little matter of Freedom itself. Giving a group of men such power over the remaining means the members of society are no longer free. They are more like zoo animals, with the select group (polit bureau) as the zoo-keepers.