[quote=ocrenter][quote=AN][quote=ocrenter]At issue is can we jump out of this capitalism vs socialism trap and find a better way to prevent extreme wealth distribution.[/quote]
I’m not sure if extreme wealth distribution is what hurt people. I think the poverty of the people at the bottom was what brought on Vietnam, Cambodia, and other revolutions/wars. I’m pretty sure Communism wouldn’t have taken hold in Vietnam if the North Vietnamese had food, clothing, and jobs. The war didn’t happen because the rich were extreme wealthy. The war happened because the poor in the north were so poor (no food, no job, etc) that they gravitate to what Ho Chi Minh said. I’m almost certain that if they had jobs,food, and clothing, they wouldn’t have bothered with Ho Chi Minh and his bullshit.[/quote]
I think the point here is there is that eventual breaking point when the populace would take the poison pill. Question is when is that breaking point.
Now if you have a policy of subsidized grain that makes $1 burgers possible for all, I suppose that that breaking point may never come.[/quote]
That’s my point exactly. The breaking point is not relative (income gap between the rich and the poor). The breaking point is nominal (how poor you really are, regardless of how rich other people are). If you’re fed, have clothes on the back (and extra ones in your closets), a home (rent or own), and an education (a path to escape poverty), why would you want to risk all of that and be part of a rebellion? Keep in mind, all the stuff I just listed above are available to most of the poor in America (except for homeless of course). So, I don’t see the populace taking the poison pill, as long as they have all of those things.
