r/dankmemes • u/TreeWhaleFall • Oct 26 '23

Big PP OC "no, no, that failed country doesn't count!"

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u/aaron_adams this flair is Oct 26 '23

It would work in a perfect world. The problem is that greed is a factor. The principle is sound. People are not.

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u/YurxDoug Oct 26 '23

I could see it working in small communities or villages with less than 200 people.

In a country? Not a single chance.

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u/aaron_adams this flair is Oct 26 '23

Again, greed is the main factor of why it won't. Every time communism has been tried there was one theme that was present when it failed: a few power hungry greedy elitists that didn't give a fuck what happened to the people under them.

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u/ruairi1983 Oct 26 '23

Well let's be honoust. Capitalism also suffers from power hungry elitists. You could argue that we don't, even in America, have or want pure capitalism. We want checks in place. We need to find the right balance between "leave it to the markets" and government intervention. I think no one wants pure communism or pure capitalism.