Thinking about Social Democracy
For almost 2 years, I've been given a lot of thought to communism, socialism, and social democracy as viable ways for the US to move forward given that it's current state is in ruins, ie liberalism. I think other people are thinking on the same lines.
The beauty and appeal of utopia communism should not be understated. I mean everyone owning everything and there's no government, and everything is shared. Very euphoric. But in practice, that never came about. And the countries that tried stopped at an elite in control, aka a dictatorship. I asked myself why that never worked? I think it's because of some human nature called narcissism. That is ego centric people. Because sharing everything means not hoarding but sharing instead. But an ego centric brain will not give up something without something else in return of equal or more value. Hence bartering, hence money, hence capitalism.
And pure capitalism is just the ego centric people hoard all the resources and then the 99% end up with nothing and revolt and you know the rest. Bad things happen and we call that social justice. Read about the French Revolution for reference.
So, that's why I landed on Social Democracy. Where capitalism still exists and the ego centrics can trade and gain their wealth but also have to give back to society according to their hoarding. And the 99% can lead a decent life.
I just hope we can get there.