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Originally Posted by powerclown
I agree in theory, but such hardship has been around since the dawn of mankind. Millions of years later and surprise, life can sometimes still be filled with pain and misery. It seems to me though that the best way to address these issues as a governing body is to give one's people - people of vastly differing mindsets and skillsets - the maximum possible amount of freedom, incentive and opportunity to avoid said hardship, to give them the tools and let them take it from there let the chips fall where they may. Communism/socialism deliberately *minimizes* freedom, incentive and opportunity, imo.
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I'm not so sure about the loss of freedom. Native Americans were free to do what they wanted, they just understood that they had a responsibility to their family, their community, and their tribe. It's about integrating responsibility into freedom.
Incentive doesn't have to be based in greed, also. Can you imagine a society where the incentive to work is pride in their contribution to society?
As for opportunity, I'm starting to build a De Palma generator (aka 'n machine') in my garage. If I succeed, I won't be able to patent it. I won't be able to sell it. I could even run the risk of being the victim of a smear campaign. Why? The oil industry, a thriving part of the free market, would view me as a threat. It's in their best interest to stop any source of energy that won't mean high profits in their pockets.