Communism Is Superior To Capitalism

Wow, that was a strange reply. Apparently, you misunderstood much of what was said. Being new to this site, I may be a little different in that I'm actually open to hearing the opposition's points, rather than griping about where someone put a comma. Communism may be superior, but how can it work? That's what I asked. When you concede all power to the state, as communism requires, how do you produce a benevolent dictator to run that state instead of a psycho, which is what we've seen time and again. You said - First off I love the fact that Con points out the amount of people killed by Communism Actually, I didn't say that. I said Dictators killed those people. Further you said - "Now look at Scandinavia mainly Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland all of these are socialist countries however many would argue that they are heading towards peaceful progressing into Communism." OK lets ask someone who actually lives there instead of relying on what "many would argue" quote - the taxes are the highest in the world, the cost of living is similarly ridiculous, the languages are impenetrable, the food is (still) awful for the most part and, increasingly, these countries are making it very clear they would prefer foreigners to stay away. in Denmark, the quality of the free education and health care is substandard: They are way down on the PISA [Programme for International Student Assessment] educational rankings, have the lowest life expectancy in the region, and the highest rates of death from cancer. And there is broad consensus that the economic model of a public sector and welfare state on this scale is unsustainable. The Danes" dirty secret is that its public sector has been propped up by " now dwindling " oil revenues. In Norway"s case, of course, it"s no secret... Yes, many economists have specifically warned of the Danes" private debt levels. Perhaps more seriously, productivity has been somewhat stagnant and there is a dire skills shortage... we should not overlook the fact that the majority of Danes either work for, or receive benefits from, the welfare state.... Again, I think we've all been guilty of projecting some kind of utopian fantasy on them. The Nordic countries are, for example, depicted as paragons of political correctness, yet you still see racial stereotypes in the media here " the kind of thing which would be unthinkable in the U.S.... they also record the highest rates of violence towards women .... Denmark, meanwhile, promotes itself as a "green pioneer" and finger wags at the world about CO2 emissions, and yet it regularly beats the U.S. and virtually every other country on earth in terms of its per capita ecological footprint... For all their wind turbines, the Danes still burn a lot of coal and drive a lot of cars... when it comes to immigration and integration: there is the Swedish model (open door) and the Danish model (close the door and put up a "Go Away" sign), which the Norwegians and Finns are copying. https://www.washingtonpost.com... The economy of many of these countries is oil based. Norway, particularly when you consider it on per capita basis, is one of the world's largest producers. Sweden is one of the worlds largest arms producers. The point being, what is occurring there isn't applicable to vast majority of the world. And by citing these countries you aren't making a case for communism, you are making a case for socialism. My case is supposed to be for Capitalism, which is something I can see functioning all over the world. Whether you like it or not, Capitalism is real. It is in effect and it's working. Whereas, the Theoretical Communism you want to compare it to - is not. Comparing "Real World" Communism to the rest of the world paints a bleak picture. In terms of Standard of Living - Only 2 of the world's top 61 countries are communist (No.51 and No.61) https://www.numbeo.com... Thus, when Capitalism is compared to Communism as it exists, in the real world, and fictional Communism which obviously exists only in theory. Capitalism emerges as the clear winner.