StarDoor said:
I don't have to be in perfect agreement with a pure economic system to prefer it to another. A capitalist economy can have socialist elements within it, and some sort of mixture would be best. History shows that the most intelligent people create the technology, infrastructure, and art that improve the lives of everyone. These people should be incentivized to use their intelligence in socially productive ways, and Communism completely fails to do this. Forcing people into a life of hardship is not what I support either. My issue with current Western societies is that the nature of the welfare state produces dysgenic fertility in the population. The poorest people in society more often than not lack the intelligence or temperament to be productive. As these traits are highly heritable, they are passed on through the generations, producing a permanent underclass. This gives the appearance of unfairness, but it is just the reality of genetics. Everyone in a society is worse off, intelligent or not, the lower the average IQ is. Sensible welfare policies should be tailored to encourage fertility among smart, conscientious people, and this can be done in a completely voluntary manner. The only reason no government does this (besides China) is because of the involuntary eugenics practiced by unsavory regimes in the past, and the baffling refusal to accept reality among the egalitarian left, which believes that all humans are identical blank slates. |
You can't have a capitalist economy with socialist elements. Socialism is against capitalism. What you're thinking of is social democracy, which maintains capitalism while providing certain social services. Your second paragraph confuses me: are you supporting social darwinism? Do you believe that we should also only allow certain races that are deemed superior to breed while sterilizing the others?
