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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
The same can be said about capitalism. All states are more or less mixed economies. Some more capitalist, others more communist (well, socialist, really). It is my idea that communism seeks to have government control all means of production, while socialism seeks to control major aspects of production, while relinquishing much of the minor means to the public. Capitalism seeks a completely free market where individuals have power over production and property. The thing to remember is that these are economic systems, not government or moral systems per se. This is why mixed economies come about: the picture is muddied by the public's demand for government to protect the people.
That said, are you willing to accept that a mixed economy is the only feasible mode for a nation's economy to be run? If a purely communist economy is only a very temporary measure, does this not mean socialism (or a socialist-heavy mixed economy) is the way to go?
Both economic systems are flawed. This is why they must be reconciled. Again, with the mixed economies: Is there a mixed economy that exists today that you view as the best model so far to fulfill what you see as an ideal means for organizing a nation's economy?
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I dont believe that it is practical to say that a state of affairs which has never existing is flawed and unworkable.
The states which exist today are not mixed economies, they are capitalist economies with more or less interferance by the state and to a lesser degree the workers. As long as the accumulation of capital is the fundamental law of the distribution of products, then the state is capitalist - whether the state is the master class, or private people.
A communist society is a society where the production of goods is based on a co-operation of empowered workers, where each worker contributes their skills to the overall productivity of society in an unalinated way: and where the distibution of goods is based on a democratic basis of socially defined need.
All existing societiesto some degree reward individuals on the basis of their skill, their effort, their birthright, or their might. In this way they are no part communist socities. They are not mixed, or partially communist, they are in my opinion capitalist.