Quote Originally Posted by Papewaio
Bit of a blinkered world view.

There are plenty of socialistic countries around the world... some of them have longer living citizens, more noble prises per capita and quite a few other benchmarks above and beyond capitalist countries.

The blended variants of the two are the best IMDHO... much like blends of coffee, you can get the best of both.
A solid view, methinks.

All societies in human history have been capitalist in the sense that their production and reproduction were determined by scarcity and market forces. The trick of creating a humane society is in regulating these forces and harnessing them toward the common good. There will always be a residu that can not be regulated, though, because in the end human nature can never be controlled or regulated. Or at least not without rendering it unproductive or selfdestructive.