ZNP
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I am not for a purely socialist system any more than a purely capitalist system. I like the use of capital being freely available to anyone who can get a loan (I have worked for banks and brokerages). I think our rapid movement of capital to anyone who has a good idea is one of our great advantages over centralized control. However, I think capitalist society needs to have some socialist policies -- minimum wage, certain laws that protect the rights of workers, child labor laws, these kinds of laws prevent capitalism becoming the greedy monster that we saw 120 years ago and which was depicted in books like "The Jungle". I also think certain public services should be socialist in nature. Right now we have a police department, a fire department and a public school that serves everyone without charge. That is very important, not just to the poor but also to the rich. I also think we should have a certain amount of communism. Parks should be "common" to all. Beaches should be common to all. The air should be common to all.No moreso than the fact that people are evil, cold, and heartless. But "people" are also good, generous, and helpful. Capitalism is simply economics operating in a free setting.
Socialism, however, is a system in which the people are controlled by elites who say that their decisions are for the good of the masses...even though those elites always live better than the masses, since they have this power that does not exist in a Capitalistic system.
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