Political ideology in a nut shell - Am I right wrong or close or way off?

Question

Capitolists create a class syestem where people are seen as a price tag and this defines thier worth in society - Similar to fuedalisim in that there are three distinct persons - The lower who does menial labour - replaceable and of no worth -(lifter of things) The middle of some worth useful to orginise the lower classes and report back to the upper The upper those who direct policy and reap huge rewards by useing others and creating needs and promoting mass consumerisim of the lower and middle
Facists the above but meaner a lot meaner

Socialists An attempt to equalise the worth of persons regaurdless of the economic power of the idividual. Putting more stock in the rights and need of the group as opposed to the individual. Attempts to limit the distance betwen the upper and lower groups power and economic life through syestemic governmental controls.

Communisim the above but with no difference and therefore no incentives except to crime .

Answer 1

sounds right. brief but right. i see robot above disagrees with you. robot sucks. it is a good summary. i hope somebody comes up with something better than all that you refer to. damn what a world. **** sapiens learned to talk and everything has gone to hell. tribes must have been better. systems, whether religions, theocracies, brutal dictatorships, the ancient royalty, etc. it is tough and a challenge. BUT THE REALLY OVER-ARCHING DEAL IS THE SPIRITUAL THING. otherwise we are just churning more spam and toyotas. you see, Trout, i think evolution is the tool and reflection of the intelligence of god. conflict and pressure is the key to evolution. god made it that way. and i guess that is why all these damn systems have to be imperfect because that is the way god creates through evolution. otherwise some of us would sit on the couch watch tv and drink lotsa beer and get t2 diabetes. great question. thanks Trout.

Answer 2

Yes, you're right in that Communism turns crime into an incentive to gain power. But also authoritarian governments can work and be highly effective. For example a theocracy: religion gives incentives to resolve the problem communism creates. And a benevolent/popular king could solve that dilemma as well. However, ideology always clashes with reality because of the assumptions made. The question also arises as to whether human nature is inherently good or evil. You have the general idea, have left out other views, and it's evident that your view of the capitalist system is that it is inferior. There are arguments as to the efficiency of Capitalism that you may want to research. It can be portrayed as an efficient economic system without focusing solely on the social and individual repercussions.

Answer 3

The key element you've forgotten is that in capitalism the individual has the opportunity to shape himself and the market. There is economic mobility in capitalism. Feudalism and socialism do not allow economic mobility.

The thing to remember is that so many of those who have embraced the socialist models always picture themselves at the top of the food chain... other less worthy individuals should be happy to slave forever at the bottom.

The classic over-simplification of socialism that sucks so many into the fold reads; "There will always be people who want to dig ditches for a living." The reality is that the ditch-diggers will not want to be ditch-diggers all their lives. Some would like to become ballet stars. Socialism requires a permanent lower class to perform the tasks others will not do under the socialist system.

It's really easy to write a novel about the beauty of a socialist existence. The reality is that every socialist system has created a ruling class of elites, with all the perks and privileges, while forcing the worker and peasant classes to support the collective.

Why do you think so many socialists WANT capitalism as soon as they can get it started?

Answer 4

You're not too far off base. Capitalism is basically a system of employers and employees in which a employee's worth is based upon what some employer is willing to pay him. That is all it is. Thus some employees make much more than some employers and vice-versa. What an employee makes is basically determined by how much money he can make for the employer. It has nothing to do with his contribution to society or anything like that. That's what most people don't understand when they ask how come a movie star or sports star gets paid so much more than a school teacher or fireman. Socialism uses various techniques to redistribute the wealth in an otherwise capitalistic system. Communism has no private enterprise.

Answer 5

I agreed until you got to communism, it is not socialism on steroids. For one thing it has never been tried. Socialism has and works to an extent. Comunism would be everybodys worth is equal. The CEO would receive the same compensation as the line worker. This does take away the incentive to be the CEO. A friend of mine once told me the way things are suppose to work to keep every body happy. He said " you get a little and I get a little and the ones on top get a little more, everybody is happy. But when somebody gets greedy and gets more then they should and takes away from me I get unhappy" To me that is what is happening now. The people at the top are getting a bit too much and those on the bottom are getting less and so are those in the middle. I am unhappy, how about you?

Answer 6

You're way off. First of all, capitalism is an economic system, not a political one. Secondly, under a capitalist system, "menial" workers can make six figures a year in income. Thirdly, those at the top level in a capitalist society are generally creating jobs (and wealth) for everyone below them.

Socialism is a failing system and Communism has already collapsed. And if you think mass-murder is a crime, than Communism apparently provides plenty of incentives.

Answer 7

In the US, that's exactly right. It is also called socialism, and was introduced to the US by the Democrats, under Franklin D. Roosevelt's "new deal" party. The Republicans have seen how well it works for the Democrats, and are starting to utilize many of the same tactics. This is the reason they are saying that we "need" illegal aliens.

Answer 8

Generally you are correct. The spectrum goes from left to right;

Communism-socialism-liberalism -conservatism-fascism

The further left you go, the more you beleive in economic and social equality, limits on privite business and property and a 'big government' that runs things instead of individuals doing it. The further right you go, the more you beleive in an individualist society of privitism and 'every man for himself', business, higher-archy and order in a strongly nationalist, militant society.

NB: Fascism is a wierd one because it is so nationalistic (supranationalist) that it requires people to come together and co-operate in a socialist way.

Answer 9

You're 180 degrees off.

(That's 100% wrong for those of you in Rio Linda)

-Aztec276