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Originally Posted by Azure
Seriously, human nature will always be in conflict with a communist style system. We function BEST when there is something in it for us.
Why would I go the extra mile when my hard work is going to reward some other person that I don't even know? Heck, why should I even work?
If we're presented with a system where our hard work results in benefits for US, chances are most of us will succeed.
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I don't know if I agree with that. If you look at the history of human civilization, most societies have not had economic or social freedom. Especially in pre-civilization and ancient civilizations, societies were very hierarchial with little or no ease of class and economic mobility.
Economic freedom and democracy is pretty new when you look at human civilation and requires a degree of modernization. There were a few short-lived free society city states before modern times, but they always died out quickly.
Unless you think that we are moving closer to nature in the 21st century....