My big issue with socialism is more about the implementation. I'm not sure there is a way of enforcing socialism that isn't antithetical to the goal of socialism- a more even distribution of power (which we quantify as wealth in a capitalist society).
In general, I don't think there are any stable economic systems that don't decay into feudalism when abused. At least for the economic systems we've come up with so far. The best one I know of is the gift economy, but that requires people to not expect something in return, because otherwise it could be reduced down to capitalism.
In short, all the economic systems so far, despite their best intentions, reinforce inequality.
I'm glad you're out there. I just get really frustrated when I see people making sweeping assertions about Christianity without really knowing anything about theology.
Calling religion the biggest scourge on humanity is a huge exageratrion. I'd probably say slavery is significantly worse, and human trafficking shows no signs of stopping. Capitalism is also clearly worse, and it's the most impactful force today. A large reason religion, and specifically Christianity, has gotten worse in recent years is because of the influence of capitalism.
It's crazy how much people will vehemently defend a position with little to no knowledge of the subject. It's easy to just pin it on the dunning-kruger effect, but in this case I think it's definitely tied to how much people despise economists. Which I find kinda funny since it's like getting angry at the weatherman for bad weather.
Also, are there any communities dedicated to actually discussing economics? I'd really like to spitball actual solutions to a shitty economy rather than the wishful thinking capitalists & communists rely on.
The big issue I have with brain chips is longevity. How long until the electrodes degrade? When will the chips fail? Once they fail, will it be fail safe or fail deadly? Also, what will be the power source? Will it use inductive power, or battery power? They are both awful options. What if the chip overheats? The implementation is the real question here, but neuralink refuse to give any answers because it proprietary.
I like to program assembly. It's kinda fun to juggle around registers, and it feels really gratifying to to see it running at the fastest speed possible.
Do you know of a community to discuss this? I feel like people stop criticizing economic systems once they benefit from it, and so people just default to communism or capitalism without actually considering the game theory behind it all.
I hate being lumped in with all the zoomers in gen z. To me, gen Z is really two generations, gen Z is 1997-2006 and zoomers are 2006-2015. There's just a huge cultural gap, at least in my experience. I'll talk about how all my school computers used windows XP, and zoomers will just stare at me like I'm ancient or something.
I'm gonna start using this joke.