I know, but as you rightly say, they are not communist. If the Democrats were called "The Nazi Party", it wouldn't make the US a Nazi state.

You earn the most from it

The vast income inequality in the United States has been caused by inflation, which is a biproduct of government intrustion in the economy. Capitalism had nothing to do with it. The U.S. has been a mixed economy (at best) for some time now.

Well then explain why china is so much better off then the united states and why they are a rising power and the United States has completely fallen apart.

China has gotten to where it is through slavery and oppression. It has utilised a ruthless capitalist policy that has seen the average man thrust into abject poverty whilst the government officials sit in a palace of gold. Quite the opposite of communism, don't you think?

Further, the US has not fallen apart. It is not as strong as it was, but such is the nature of boom and bust. What matters most is that the US is far more sustainable as an economy than China, whose 1 child policy has ravaged any hopes of them sustaining their position as a global power.

It worked for a long time in Russia and it is doing fine in north Korea.

Er, what? You do know what happened in those countries right? In the USSR, 75% of the nation's food came from the private sector, which composed just 2% of the USSR (some figures even credit 95%+ to the private sector). The result saw the millions of public sector workers horribly underpaid and overworked, leading to starvation, poverty and ultimately revolution. The same is true of North Korea, but on a smaller scale (being a smaller country).

Capitalism is dead.

So China is dead?

Having 1% controlling 99% of the wealth does not work.

This is actually far more true in the pseudo-communist countries than in the US, where the aristocracy is hilariously privileged.

The United States is a failure of a country and should be pulled down and rebuilt in the mode of China and Russia.

Let's be frank here. Out of the US and the USSR, only the US is here today. That should tell you a hell of a lot about which one really is the failure.

PS: Not sure if you know this by the way, but China is completely dependent on the US for economic success. If the US stopped trading with China, the US would be relatively fine, contrary to popular belief. China though would collapse in a fireball of inflation, akin to post WW1 Germany.

I'm not arguing weather communism is correct or not. I am arguing that perfect communism can not be achieved, thus the US cannot become a communist country. As for the DPRK, they are Juchie, not communist. China is state-capitalist, and the USSR collapsed due to Stalin and Brezhnev .

China is not so much better off as you say... basic macroeconomics tells us this because of comparative advantage. China has an advantage to production just like the US still has the advantage for skilled services and technology. The US still has a nominal GDP that is DOUBLE of China's'. If you had ever been to main land China you would know this from basic observation. Just because China is advancing at a faster pace then the U.S. doesn't mean they will surpass the U.S. or even catch up with the U.S. The economy goes in cycles, China is currently experiencing what the US experienced during the "industrial revolution". The sky isn't failing on the U.S. as many would like to believe. The U.S economic situation is more do to the Governments intrusions into the private sector with crippling over-regulations, and cronie capitalism. Adding more to this, or becoming a Communistic country wouldn't help the problems but just make them even larger and basically impossible to reverse and correct.

Thanks for the video. While I agree with what is being said, I'm not sure it applies to the "larger" scheme of things. The studies he talks about are relatively small work tasks and the basic conclusion that I draw is people do better work if they are not in a rush. If you motivate someone to finish quickly, I think most people "panic" and can't think clearly any more. This is obvious from looking at most students taking a tests (myself included). You may understand Algebra and be able to solve any problem at home at your own pace, but given a large number of problems and a finite amount of time causes a "paralysis of the mind" which make many people test poorly.

For all the real world examples in the video the workers are still earning a living, and I suspect that workers who are "thinking out of the box" better or "being more creative" are being compensated more over time. Not "rewarded" on a weekly bases, but each year one worker gets a 6% raise and another gets a 5% raise. I think if you told the workers in those companies "..every position is the same, everyone makes the same salary (adjusted for inflation), forever.." they would eventually have no "good" workers.

You can be inspired for many reasons, but for most "work" tasks that inspiration/motivation wears off. Maybe in a month, or maybe in a year. Not many jobs result in "intrinsic rewards" in the work itself. Yes, if you work feeding children in Africa, you may be rewarded emotionally every day, but if your just sitting at the office writing software code or attaching computer chips to a circuit board, your motivation will go down over time no matter how much time and autonomy your are given.

The other problem with "everyone working for the group" is some people work for the group hard and some don't work at all. If you take away the benefits of hard work, the population over time will gravitate toward the least amount of work while still surviving (on average). Eventually, the government has to step in and "force" people to work harder and that is when the society and the government will collapse.

I think there must be a mix between capitalism and socialism which is exactly what we have in the US.

It's more a general disillusionment, though given some time I could name more than a few if I had to. I'd rather not since that's really beside the point.

I feel some would be happy converting over to socialism or communism though, so long as they remained wealthy and in power of course. Calling it 'true communism' is something of a joke, since that only works in theory, and only in theory.

Unfortunately that would merely open up an even bigger can of worms. While I think some form of revolution is indeed in order, I also realize that human beings are primarily interested in themselves above others. This makes corruption highly likely no matter the form of government, though some forms are far more susceptible than others. The power gap left behind by our current cancerous Congress would merely breed something of a more deadly and oppressive nature. A society better than what we currently have is highly unlikely, at least as a long term plan.

Perhaps I'm just being pessimistic, but there are two extremes, Anarchy (lack of government) and Order (effects of government). A balance somewhere in between is necessary, in my view. Currently I view our government as sliding more and more to the Order side as it gets more and more involved in our day to day affairs. I don't really need to explain Anarchy. So either extreme is equally unpleasant, imho.

First off, we can easily just not pay them, second; China and the U.S. r somewhat codepended (some may argue to what extent), if the U.S. we're to collapse, China would follow soon after. china is not "taking our spot", their economy has grown very rapidly, but has slowed greatly in the last couple years. If u follow global business, u will find that China is old news. The "CIVETs" are all the economic rage these days. I believe it is Columbia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt and Thailand; these counties r expected to make the greatest growth in the coming years. China had a spectacular run, but the fact remains; they r too large and risk the threat of imploding upon themselves. They do not have the structure required at this time. They r building "ghost cities" with houses no one can afford, just to keep their laborers employed. We outsource because it is cheaper for us, we don't need to make cheap products here in the U.S., trust me, when countries r outsourcing to ur country, it isn't a positive thing (think; race to the bottom). In the end, money is only worth the paper it is printed on, China has IOU's and nothing else. Outsourcing has not much to do with "the system", it is about labor prices and profit margins. I know this is all contradictory to what u may have been hearing on the news, but remember there are political reasonings that go into conjuring up a foe or "threat". The American population is confused, frustrated and lethargic. Political parties give them someone to blame and identify as enemy, it is almost as if we cannot function without a perceived enemy. Every news channel has political ties, agendas and incentives. I will concede that China is very significant and deffinately a nation to take note of, one day they may grow to be a superpower to rival the U.S., but as it stands, they r not. It is a global consensus (amongst those who are knowledgeable in the area) that we r the ONLY global superpower, some even call us a "hyper-power". There is much in-fighting, yes, but u have to realize this is often to our benefit; it makes us adaptable (two party system with multiple possible third parties) and makes sure that every issue is deliberated carefully. Please, please check out "ChinaSMACK.com" and see what their own people r saying, they often have to speak in code due to censorship and threat of repercussions. China is wonderful, they saw extreme rapid growth and development and r still seeing a very acceptable growth rate, but it still does not put them on our level. Many well respected Poli Sci professors have stated that China cannot reach it's full potential without a change in government. If that happens then we have setting to worry about. There r benefits to their current form of government that give them the edge over us, but it is limited. We r seeing difficult times, we all would love someone to blame, but we won't accept the fact that we mostly only have ourselves to blame. Every form of government has its benefits and draw backs. It seems that democratic socialism is the preferred blend that is most suitable at the time being. Remember, it isn't the fastest, the strongest or even the smartest that survive; it is the most adaptable and that is where we surpass china, we can choose to change our government and make amendments to the constitution and so forth, to adapt to situations that arise. It may be a long and difficult process, full of conflict and in-fighting, but we still have the option. China does not, they cannot change their form of government because they have no say in policy and government. They would have to overthrow their government to do so and many people believe this may be on the horizon.

Cordially, Tyson Huff

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The Founding Fathers, Voltaire, and the Greeks are rolling in their graves. Socialism/communism may be the temporary answer, but is not a permanent one. Plus, the God given rights protected by the Consitution would be jepordized! We would not be free, only slaves to a totalitarian regime.

I think we have two different philosophies when it comes to what the basic function and responsibility of the government is. I do not believe the governments responsibilities are to create jobs and take care of people. I believe the government is suppose to provide a atmosphere where fair opportunities exist, not that the government provides those opportunities but that they sustain the environment that allows them to exist. Which i think we both can find common ground and agree about, that the U.S. government is doing , and has been doing a very poor job at. I agree with you on certain points, i believe both parties are too blame. They are both more interested in obtaining power that once they achieve that power they have no idea what to do with it, with the majority of them trying to ensure that they don't lose it. Liberty and freedom have been taken out of the American culture and the vast majority don't realize that in the long run, more government programs, laws and policies are not the answer. It is my personal belief is that there is no such thing as a perfect government, human souls are not capable of it, that is why the practical workings of communism or socialism will never work and you very unhappy people in capitalism. The trick though is to limit and get the least amount of unhappy people in capitalism, to do this government needs to have a limited but meaningful role to play, mostly to set the rules, enforce the rules and stay out of productive societies way.