Its really absurd to contribute every human advancement in the last 500 years to capitalism.
It would be absurd to say that, that's why I didn't: it was a point of reference to a different time----don't try to change my words to fit your argument
Are you sure they would have never happened without capitalism?
Not sure whether they would have or not but they didn't.
Could they not happen in a communist world?
-------Maybe
Science is unique to capitalism?
Never said thatCapitalism has created this---in fact not theory.
It has been a bottom up creation of opportunity for the individual human being.
Bezos didn't start out as a billionaire--- he sold books out of his garage.
----that's what I said
Its complete capitalist dogma. Bezos didn't become a billionaire by selling books out of his garage...Those would have been some expensive books...It is not possible to become a billionaire from your own labor.
OkSocialism doesn't work because of human nature, maybe in small scale ventures, for a time, until: two legs good four legs baaaaa'aad.
Even if we adopted socialism world wide tomorrow, people might feel better for a couple generations and then?
If we're going to fantasize about a utopian society, why not aim for the Star Trek model?
No one is ever scrambling for change for a cup of coffee or worried about whether to pay for their electricity or food.
We are aiming for the star trek model. Thats communism. Socialism is what gets us there.
HuffPost
"The United Federation of Planets in Star Trek is mostly libertarian-socialist, post-scarcity economy."
Not sure I agree with HuffPost's analogy but it isn't a social structure that we are currently living anywhere.
I agree with "post-scarcity economy"