The shifting politics of inequality and the class ceiling

[Juncoph]

the jews must have done this

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[Nonnel]

where does the capital come from? In capitalism usually the owner of the business or investors will provide the capital to establish that business for the purpose of providing goods/services for profit. Where is the incentive in capitalism? "Because it's for the common good" is a pretty weak incentive.

Look at Venezuela right now. They have some of the largest reserves of Oil in the world, abundant natural resources, and the people are marching in the streets to throw their communist government out.

People vote with their feet. Why are more people not going to live in North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, etc? Why historically did people run en-masse AWAY from communism If it's so great?

I'm not a communist and I agree it wouldn't work so you should direct those questions elsewhere. Just clearing up a misconception: a classless society does not mean equal income for everyone.

[Karl Marx]

For anyone still convinced that capitalist tendencies are biologically innate, or that people are only motivated by monetary incentives:

Grotesque inequality is not a natural part of being human
The Compassionate Instinct

Study on human altruism

Are bankers dishonest?

How Capitalism changes conscience

Motivation is Driven by Purpose - and not Monetary Incentives

How Culture and Experience Shape our Lives

Don't let clueless dolts like Ayn Rand dictate your philosophy.

Since it would have been ignored in the depths of page 7

[HellHound]

hey man I like communism as much as the next guy but idk about having my farmland seized by the state so that a factory can be built and then I get to starve to death because I don't even have enough farmland to feed myself and meet production quotas any more

[Karl Marx]

hey man I like communism as much as the next guy but idk about having my farmland seized by the state so that a factory can be built and then I get to starve to death because I don't even have enough farmland for myself any more

I appreciate the input but we've been over this before. Read the other pages if you're interested.

[IkeTheGeneric]

god bless america and capitalism

[Red Spy]

leave it to the blf to wonder if communism could actually work after 100 years after the russian revolution

[Karl Marx]

leave it to the blf to wonder if communism could actually work after 100 years after the russian revolution

Easy to say if you don't make any attempt to understand the other side of the argument.

[IkeTheGeneric]

humoring communism is the first step on the road to ruin, better dead than red!!

[Red Spy]

humoring communism is the first step on the road to ruin, better dead than red!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzXAbm55DOE

[Nonnel]

We don't want to be like the barren lawless wastelands of Scandinavia!

[Red Spy]

We don't want to be like the barren lawless wastelands of Scandinavia!

fjords are garbage eat stuff

[IkeTheGeneric]

We don't want to be like the barren lawless wastelands of Scandinavia!

You're goddamn right

[TristanLuigi]

We don't want to be like the barren lawless wastelands of Scandinavia!

I know you're joking but I'm sure some idiot of going to come waltzing in thinking that Scandinavia is a communist hellhole

1. Scandinavia is 3 countries and they are different
2. None of them are communist or even socialist
3. Instead, they generally follow the Nordic Model and it's working loving great (see points 4 and 5)
4. All 3 of them have very high rankings on the Human Development Index and Democracy Index - of which Norway is number 1 on both
5. They have high GDP per Capita AND low levels of income inequality - they're not mutually exclusive!

[Satan From Wreck-It-Ralph]

I know you're joking but I'm sure some idiot of going to come waltzing in thinking that Scandinavia is a communist hellhole

1. Scandinavia is 3 countries and they are different
2. None of them are communist or even socialist
3. Instead, they generally follow the Nordic Model and it's working loving great (see points 4 and 5)
4. All 3 of them have very high rankings on the Human Development Index and Democracy Index - of which Norway is number 1 on both
5. They have high GDP per Capita AND low levels of income inequality - they're not mutually exclusive!

when you say scandinavia is three countries are you talking about finland or denmark being the third one