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Originally Posted by pbradley
At the same time, extreme theories of democratic capitalism would indoctrinate us to reject altruism and generosity in favor of absolute individualism. Both of which are fundamental traits of human nature as found in the right and left hemispheres of the brain. For a human political system, we need both.
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very true. this is one of the explanations of failed collectivist agriculture policies from the Ukraine to Derg-Ethiopia, from Korea to 1990s Zimbabwe..
people need to be motivated to increase production, not only through ideals and social support, but cold, hard profit. It is the driving incentive behind development..
the irony is that it was a good idea that did not work. After all, today the major farming is done collectively, but by HUGE, Agrobusinesses which are mutli-billion dollar companies, and most agricultural production in the developed world is done through these capitalist collectives, however the key to their success over the socialist collectives is the profit margin.
people inevitably need to have the opportunity to make money in order to thrive and advance.. and they can make profit while sharing with their neighbors, if there is a balance.