Socialism vs Capitalism?

[The_Other]

Mixed.
There are areas in which capitalism makes sence.
For instance you don't want the govt. making your shoes and birthday cake and giving you a massage. Stuff like this should be left up to the private sector.

There's some areas in which socialism makes sense.
For instance, you don't want the private sector (with profit insensitives) handling things like healthcare, military, policing, fire department, crafting important environmental regulations etc.

Sadly some people see this as black or white and think it must be either one or the other.

[tartaarsaus]

1. Capitalism and socialism are not monolithic structures and they have extremely large differences within them. Case in point, virtually every Western European nation is inherently capitalist yet the public provision of goods differs massively from other capitalist nations, like the USA


2. Calling them merely ‘capitalism’ and ‘socialism’ without regard for any actual specific policy within them is silly. After all, lots of people like to act people like Biden are socialist. They are simply not, people pike Biden, AOC and alike subscribe to key tenets of capitalism.


3. As a general rule, capitalist societies have been able to provide more welfare. But that is subjected to a lot of institutional constraints. Socialism without the market would simply not work. But that does not mean that all socialism/capitalism is created equal.

[NorthwestRider]

The Sweden model, so like a hybrid. Some things like healthcare are public but other things are private

[joeldalton]

You can be a socialist in a capitalist society, you can't be a capitalist in a socialist society.

[disgustingweebtrash]

I'd vote capitalism but not in it's current state

[Anonymous]

Socialism