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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
Right on, will. 
You've hit the nail on the head. 'Tis the flaw in capitalism, as well. Ideals are ideals because we perpetually cannot live up to them. |
But socialism works when people are good overall. That's the thing. The tribesmen of the past weren't perfect little moral machines, living up to their ideals every second of every day. They made mistakes. The important thing was that they always remembered their responsibility to their family and their tribe. Is that so much to ask? Is it really so hard to say "if you see someone starving, don't just keep walking by"? If that's the case, if it really is too difficult for people to simply have a shred of empathy, then I'm moving to Mars and no one else is invited.