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Should we adopt this proposal? No, you must be kidding.
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Proposing An Alternative To Capitalism

An Alternative to Capitalism (which we need here in the USA)
 
Several decades ago, Margaret Thatcher claimed: "There is no alternative". She was referring to capitalism. Today, this negative attitude still persists.
 
I would like to offer an alternative to capitalism for the American people to consider. Please click on the following link. It will take you to an essay titled: "Home of the Brave?" which was published by the Athenaeum Library of Philosophy:
 
 
John Steinsvold
 
Perhaps in time the so-called dark ages will be thought of as including our own.
--Georg C. Lichtenberg

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You've taken communism to an extreme.

And while capitalism has some serious pitfalls, so does communism.

For one, human nature has made us all self-serving beings. Every action, no matter how selfless it may seem on the surface, is in the end self-serving. Capitalism uses this as a motivator to succeed. In communism, no such motive exists. If everyone gets everything for free, what's the incentive to do a job, or to do it well?

For another, communism overprioritizes the good of the community and ignores the development of citizens as individuals.

As I said, capitalism has some serious downfalls too. The solution isn't to take either to an extreme.

I favor making capitalism sustainable by penalizing companies doing harm to the environment, taxing the wealthy more heavily, and regulating companies more seriously, to keep the people's interests in mind. Capitalism would work REALLY well if we were better consumers. If we only supported businesses that we thought deserved our business, we'd only have companies that were beneficial in providing services/goods and doing right by the rest of the world.

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