That’s a bold assertion, and I’m not even sure what it’s supposed to mean.
Are you saying happiness, health, equality, and justice are quantifiable? Because economics plays an enormous factor in all of these, and ignoring them ignores the most important factors.
But, I agree with you about the theory vs practice part. It’s why I don’t think Communism can work: because - I believe - humans are fundamentally selfish. It’s natural for us to care about ourselves. It’s easy for us to care about our tribe. It’s hard for us to care about our greater, regional community, and it’s really hard for us to care about the entire world. Every time the group gets larger, then the more one has to sacrifice things that benefits only themselves, and the more selfless people have to be. Functional Communism requires people are selfless, to give up immediate self-benefit for people they don’t even know. I think, evolutionarily, we haven’t gotten there yet.
Capitalism “won” because all it requires is people to be selfish, and that’s easy. There is no better evidence for this than Atlas Shrugged, a story about thee justification of being selfish.
That’s a bold assertion, and I’m not even sure what it’s supposed to mean.
Are you saying happiness, health, equality, and justice are quantifiable? Because economics plays an enormous factor in all of these, and ignoring them ignores the most important factors.
But, I agree with you about the theory vs practice part. It’s why I don’t think Communism can work: because - I believe - humans are fundamentally selfish. It’s natural for us to care about ourselves. It’s easy for us to care about our tribe. It’s hard for us to care about our greater, regional community, and it’s really hard for us to care about the entire world. Every time the group gets larger, then the more one has to sacrifice things that benefits only themselves, and the more selfless people have to be. Functional Communism requires people are selfless, to give up immediate self-benefit for people they don’t even know. I think, evolutionarily, we haven’t gotten there yet.
Capitalism “won” because all it requires is people to be selfish, and that’s easy. There is no better evidence for this than Atlas Shrugged, a story about thee justification of being selfish.