SvennoJ on 09 April 2014
| ToxicJosh said: Personally, I think that all that human nature tells us is what the actual nature of the person holding that view is: as the only mind we get to see inside is our own. So someone who says that people are inherently lazy, selfish and only out for themselves is, in all likelihood, lazy, selfish and only out for themselves. People who think that people are naturally loving and kind are probably going to be loving and kind. The only way this plays into economic theories is that people who are greedy want to able to accumulate wealth; and therefore are more likely to want a system that enables them to do so (capitalism). People who consider everyone to be equal, are more likely to want a system that removes wealth from private hands (socialism). But really, that's stretching credulity in terms of a criticism of socialism. Sorry for the rant. |
Awesome post, all of yours but that bit is golden.
Socialism is disappearing rapidly. I grew up in socialist Netherlands, but there too the government started selling off all state owned utilities from the 90's onwards. Leading to a big mess on the railways, declining postal service, complicating health care, money wasted on advertising for electricity, increased banking fees, less jobs. And to what advantage? The government made some money selling its assets, but it still has to bail it out when things screw up while any profit goes into private pockets.
