Chakapew wrote:
Well the way I see it every single system we have has some fatal flaw to it.
Captialism: Eventual overexploitation of our resources will exaust them screwing us and every generation after that over..
Thing about capitalism is, its about profit. If its profitable to NOT overexploit resources, they'll do that too
Chakapew wrote:
Communism/Socialism: Both have advantages that will make people no longer motivated to work hard and the public would eventually grow lazy crumbling it.
Communists dont overexploit resources? Methinks otherwise.
Chakapew wrote:
Anything where one person rules all: Sooner or later there will be a jerkwad in the seat of power to ruin it all.
Not wholly wrong, but benevolent dictatorship is still the best form of government.
rideforever wrote:
What is needed is a system where the system forces the motivation of people/organisations to work towards declared ends. For instance if manufacturing had to pay green disposal costs for every product they made, then they would be financially motivated to green-up the planet - and that would be good.
But who declares the "ends"? Who determines which "ends" are best?
rideforever wrote:
> The difference between the salary of the highest and lowest earning person in a company cannot be greater than 20:1
> No company can have a capitalisation of greater than 500 million dollars, at which point it is forced to split
> No company can have a market share of greater than 25%
> Companies must contribute to pensions and medicare
> No person can own more than 2000 sq m of property
> No market barriers
... if these were implemented then, inequality would reduce, competition and efficiency increase etc... However, clearly all the world would need to implement this stuff at the same time..
500 million dollars isnt very much once you figure in exchange rates. And 2000sq m isn't very much room. Most office buildings are way bigger, and thats just the offices. Once you get into things like airfields, oilfields, parks, gardens, etc its a ludicrously small area indeed. Also, arbitrary rules like this don't exactly encourage growth or effort. Capping property etc sounds a mite communistic as well.
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