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Originally Posted by AidanRyuko
Fipherion makes a good point. Things won't change because human nature is to be selfish. It's down to survival and instinct, you're making X amount of money, but you could potentially make X amount more if you hurt X amount of people. Human nature doesn't care about others as long as you, yourself, survive.
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While flattered that you like my point, I want to make sure my point is not misconstrued. I never meant to say that capitalism is good because it embraces our natural instincts to hurt other people. Thats not the reasoning behind capitalism at all. When it happens, its is because of corruption and abuse but proper regulation and control should alleviate that. My point about self interest was that capitalism, more than any other economic system, creates a reward system for working hard, taking risks, and innovating. If you want more money, all you have to do is work harder to get a better paying job or take more financial risks in hopes of higher returns on your investments. Communism provides no means of improving your life on your own. You have to wait for the government to decide that you can have a higher standard of living.
As the previous poster noted, capitalistic transactions between consenting people benefit both parties involved. Person A wanted money in exchange for a product. Person B wanted a product in exchange for their money. Both parties get what they want and their self interest is satisfied. In communism, no matter how hard you work, you only get what the government decides to give you. What motivation is there to do improve yourself?