Baraku_Guru
I agree with every single word you wrote and have to thank you for such a wonderful response.
As someone who was born and lived in Russia during the soviet era I was exposed to propaganda and group-think that went along with communism. Even though Gorbachev was bringing freedom to Russian people there were many who hated him. To this day seeing a portrait of Stalin in people's living rooms is not too uncommon. So I know first hand that a political movement can be just as dogmatic as religion.
When my family moved to Canada and I studied the US political system I the same zealous traits withing capitalism supporters that were common in communists. I suppose this is a legacy of the cold war era. While free-market capitalism and communism are completely different paths it takes the same type of mind to adopt a blind faith in these systems. I believe that they are equally dangerous to societies.
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Originally Posted by urville
No such thing as perfect, but why would not having money immediately mean utopia?
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Three reasons,
Money is just a tool. It serves a function that is desired by people. I fail to see how socialism can strip materialistic desires from humans. Removal of currency will simply cause us to revert back to a barter system until a replacement comes into play.
We are human and behave irrationally.
Utopia is a fictional concept.