capitalism or communism is one right or are both wrong?

Question

i hate commies with passion but our capa. isnt much better

are both deemed to fail cause we as humans can never be contemp with what we have

Answer 1

In order to determine whether one thing is better than another, you must first define your terms. First you need to tell us what you mean by socialism and capitalism (these terms get thrown around loosely all the time without regard to specific meaning, just like "lib" and "con").

After that, you need to tell us what you mean by "right" and "wrong". If, by "right" you mean that it "works," who does it work for? The people, the majority, the ruling elite, the earth? Or, by "right" do you mean the extent that it promotes some moral principle. If so, which one? Based on whose morality?

That said, I'll try to answer. Dictionary.com defines capitalism as:

"an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and development is proportionate to the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market.”

Dictionary.com defines communism as:

"a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state."

In other words, under capitalism (and here I mean pure capitalism, not the mixed economy we have here in the US), the fruits of your labor and production are your own. Under communism (and socialism), the fruits of your labor and production belong to the collective, i.e., the state.

Therefore, to the extent that your particular enterprise is socialized (i.e., brought under the control of the state in the name of "the community" or "the people"), you are a slave to the state, because more of your labor goes toward enriching the state instead of making your own life better. If you think this is superior to a system that allows working people to keep what they produce, then I guess for you, communism is "right" and capitalism is "wrong." If that is the case, there are plenty of socialist/communist societies you can run to. But note that those who have to live under the yoke of socialism and communism are running AWAY from those socialist and communist countries; no one is running toward them. The more capitalistic a country is, the more free it is.

Therefore, by my definition, because you have to keep people in line by force in order to have any kind of systematic socialism or communist state, capitalism (which utilizes the carrot instead of the stick) is right and communism is wrong.

Answer 2

The big 'ISM' at the Gate

"When the majority of people in a predominantly
Christian society cease to worship God, the result is
fascism.
When the people in a predominantly Jewish society
cease to worship God, the result is either communism
or capitalism.
A predominantly Christian society is concerned
primarily with establishing a political ideology,
whilst a predominantly Jewish society is concerned
primarily with establishing an economic system."This
suggest , led to the rise of Adolf Hitler.

The big 'ISM' at the Gate
If you look at the past 100 years or so, you will see
plainly that there has always been an "ISM " at the
gates.
"These evel patterns or buds have sprouted from the
same seed but different branches of big 'ISM'- called
Senate". By Johan Toland, "Adolf Hitler" (Garden City)
N.Y,Double Day,1976 p 702 - or Eric Margolis in
Toronto "Sunday Sun"2002.

The old idea of controlling the people and increasing
government power by warning of an "enemy at the gates"
dates back to the Roman Empire, and probably well
before that. It is among those tactics that are
obvious to any dishonest person coveting power.

The first isms at the gate were socialism, pacifism
and anarchism;Capitalism, then came fascism; next was
communism; and now it's terrorism. The advantage of
all the ims is that they appeal directly to another
ISM – nationalism, which is about the only one of the
ISMS the great mass of people can comprehend.

Most people can't tell you differences between
socialism, Capitalism, communism, fascism or anarchism,and so on, but everyone knows who he or she is, and who isn't one
of the group. "By God, I'm an American, and those guys
ain't."

Don't feel insulted. The human brain is wired to
recognize differences. Be honest. If you're white and
you meet a black person, what first registers? His
blackness. And vice versa. The priority of noticing
differences was probably a needed survival skill when
humans lived in caves. Most primitive tribes lived by
the rule that every stranger was an enemy until he
proved himself to be a friend. As a matter of fact,
that's still a good rule to live by.

What Americans ought to realize, however, is that the
Establishment fans the fear about the current ism in
order to increase its power and make money. You should
know, for example, that American capitalists and
American capital built a great deal of the Soviet
Union's infrastructure, even long after the Cold War
started. In fact, while Americans were dying
presumably to fight communism in Vietnam, the U.S. was
trading with communism in Eastern Europe and the
Soviet Union, and protecting it in Cuba.

Establishment types never allow principle to interfere
with their money-seeking. I recall a quote in a major
financial newspaper by the then- president of one of
America's largest banks. He had been asked if he felt
uncomfortable making loans to communist Poland. "We
don't care what kind of government they have," he
said, "as long as they pay their bills."

I cherish that quote, along with one from an anonymous
Kuwaiti who, when asked why he was not fighting to
liberate his country from Iraq, replied: "Why should
I? That's what our American slaves are for."

Answer 3

Communism is right.
But it had been dicredited by the corporate media as being authoritarian.
Communism is not authoritarian at all.
"Communist state" is a nonsense, because in a Communist society there is no state (because people share everything), and there are no classes.
In state-capitalist Stalinist states, a few people called The "Nomenklatura" take control of the country, exploiting it (state-capitalism because the country's money is now not controlled by 1% of the population, but by a little group called the Nomenklatura).
In Communism there are no classes, but in state-capitalist states the "Nomenkaltura" is the upper class.
I have wrote a long answer about this at :
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ajp_JEcN9aFddqtEXYLfNZvsy6IX?qid=20070215121257AAg5REy&show=7#profile-info-dc6f03711d96638409e00d94cac901e4aa

Communism is good because children are not dying in Africa, while some rich people have millions of dollars in USA.For example.
But if you want to get more informations read my other answer.

Answer 4

Capitalism has no longer failed. It relies upon upon competition to be the most useful social/monetary dynamic in any society. regrettably, the elements that you communicate as "mess ups," IMHO, are the outcome of a lot less competition transferring faraway from capitalism and in route of oligarchism or maybe monopolism. as an get mutually, the flexibility market has had too many mergers ensuing in some very tremendous corporations controlling each and each and every of the resources. This has ended in a lot higher costs than known and skewed diverse parts of the monetary equipment ensuing in universal inflation. an similar occurs in different industries and at the same time as it does it outcomes the most suitable monetary equipment. We must be vigilant in ensuring competition exists, yet we were ignoring it in want or higher and larger conglomerates eroding actual competition.

Answer 5

all political ideas taken to the extreme are wrong ideas, both could be great if we convine some of their assets like equality of commies and the freedom of capitalism and not just this, there are many good things in both systems, the real problem in both systems is the corruption that comes, in Communism the heads of the government are the only ones who have wealth and eats good and doesn't have to make lines to buy food, in capitalism the poverty comes because the gov is equally corrupted and they steal the money that is intended to develop social projects.
the real problem is that the regular Joe has no voice and can say anything against that ( like the contracts in Iraq )

Answer 6

In Communism Man exploits his fellow Man
In Capitalism it is reversed.

Just joking.

Communism/Socialism are always doomed to fail. There is no motivation to succeed and the government can neither create nor administer success.

Capitalism will have winners and losers but the big difference is that there are some winners (and also the losers get several chances to redeem and re-create themselves).

Utopia isn't an option so I will stick with naked capitalism.

Answer 7

At least with communism there is hope for an utopia and wonderful system for humanity. Utopia is not an option because of the people who do not belive it so. Our society is what corrupts communism, not our nature. Capitalism starts off corrupt and 'dog eat dog.' We are humans, not dogs. As for hating commies...it sounds like american propaganda worked miracles on you. Congrats for letting them succeed.

Answer 8

There are both just the same .........

Answer 9

both are wrong.