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Re:Socialism, Capitalism Seen in New Light by Younger Americans by danschumann on Thursday December 07, 2017 @10:21AM (#15870758)
I believe you aren't objectively comparing the ills of capitalism with the ills of communism, or you simply can't do math.

Communism means the government seizes control of the means of productions. There are few businesses that I would rather see ran by the government than by a citizen with skin in the game.

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Re:Socialism, Capitalism Seen in New Light by Younger Americans by yequalsx on Thursday December 07, 2017 @10:31AM (#15870879)
I haven’t added the sum total of all misery (how can this be meaningfully quantified?) caused by capitalists and compared with the sum total of all misery caused by autocracies. Both are horrible and good people ought to strive for a world in which neither occur. Capitalism is better overall in that it does a much better job of dispersing benefits. But the misery caused by capitalists in the pursuit of profit ought not be overlooked. I believe the Bible is correct when it says that the root of all evil is the love of money (which includes power).
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