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1, Endymon, I would call Norway a social capitalist country, the same as America or Britain, although Norway is clearly a more advanced country than the other two.
2, Debaser, your argument sounds a little tautological to me. You say I cannot prove what a communist society would do because one has never existed, so therefore I cannot prove communism can work. If the only proof is an actually existing communist state, then this is self evident.
My belief is, through my experience in life, that people wish to share, that people are as compassionate as they are aggressive and greedy - that capitalism and the constant state of nationalist tension we live in feeds people's negative qualities; but that in a different society the positive qualities of human beings could be nutured.
I basically am saying that I do not believe man is basically a greedy, self interested, bad and aggressive animal - but that men and women have the potential to be peaceful, constructive and decent, if they can arrange a society which is non-exploitative to allow this. This is the goal, this is my dream, this is what I believe the future holds. Maybe I shall be proved to too hopeful, I think we all would at least agree that we should wish that I am not?
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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