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what is worse an Arco capitalism
or totalitarian communism so are working definitions an Arco capitalism is a
system where
you have essentially the elimination a this state
in favor of instead having individual sovereignty
private property completely open markets
and the remark it would be what allows society to improve his itself
through research to development manufacturing et cetera
on the other hand totalitarian communism would be a state
where a according at least to the Wikipedia definition
definition the state holds total authority
over society and controls all aspect up both public and private life
which would be worse okay this is this is what we're speaking in extreme so
this really is a theoretical discussion
most societies are neither one nor the other
up when you think about an Arco capitalism
you're thinking of society in a state that is closer
really to a state of nature not technologically we could still have all
the technology that we have today
with societal leeanne governmentally we're really talking about
a state of nature on the other hand
when we think about a and and 22
kinda follow-up on that first first the law it would certainly be
more oven open society in that there would be less structure that restricts
what people are able to do
but at the same time you have a situation that does not really allow for
self-determination
because whoever happens to have but the resources or whoever happens to be
bigger
and control more is going to be able to
a press those in the same way that in a totalitarian communist state it is the
state
oppressing people you will have the exact same structure is except that will
be in a kind of
a who is the fairest of them all type of scenario
going to totalitarian communism in totalitarian communism
you will not have individuals who were able to take control based on survival
of the fittest
but you will have a state imposed control that will not be that different
in practice individuals can disagree
about if there is going to be a group that is
in control %uh other so to speak would we rather it be
a state system would be rather it be an Arco capitalistic
we're just simply new survival of the fittest an acquisition resources in
control of land
that we have those in control I think it is a completely false notion
that in an Arco capitalist system you will eliminate control from above
it will simply develop differently it will still not be
a democratically-elected system with control so I think Lewis this is where a
lot of people get lost when they really favor an Arco capitalist systems
typically libertarians
because they say I don't want an establishment
that I didn't elect controlling my life
which is even forgetting about the totalitarian extreme
even what some libertarians say about the system of government we have here in
the US
well you're not going to avoid a system of control by going to an article
capitalism
we have a long history a thought and writing on this
you will there will be a system of control that develops anyway
it will also not be democratically elected it will be taken by force
which is something that those same libertarians are an Arco capitalists
accuse left governments are totalitarian communist government up doing and I
think that's a blind spot for a lot of people
right all you need to do is look at this country to realize why
capitalism even with government oversight and regulation
can still totally dominate the country
and I think in a totalitarian setting you wouldn't
it wouldn't necessarily be that stereotypical
Eve Ball big brother in nineteen eighty-four type situation
it doesn't have to be anyway I know a lot of times it is but remember when
we're talking about totalitarian communism we're not talking about a
socialistic government we're really talking about quite literally
total control over both private and public lives
so that's you this is going even further I think then what you're saying
list well if it's if its stake in debt
if thats if that's the extreme Ben yes I guess that would be pretty bad but
I capitalism course can be it can be pretty bad as well
I think most reasonable people would agree that no system of extremes is
going to be the ideal system and also
we should ask which system would be better or worse but for the
self-determination self-realization in South actualization of people
and I think both systems would be pretty bad along those lines have excellent
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