We’ve tried this social experiment at nation scale several times already and it just doesn’t work.
We’ve tried this social experiment at nation scale several times already and it just doesn’t work.
Or maybe human nature can be the greatest asset. If you teach them right. If they have better experiences in early life, without constant competition and stress put on them. If they don't grow up in a capitalist system. If kindness is the default response to your fellow human.
> You will only achieve communal ownership of property by force.
What makes you think that?
You cannot guarantee constant kindness, you will need to answer to violent responses as well, and be sure that it doesn't snowball.
I don’t own a lot, but I know personally you would be met with armed resistance if you tried to take my property.
For most people no, not in a meaningful way. Socialists call property that is really only valuable to an individual personal property, whereas right now it's all just property, and no matter what it can be privately owned.
Lots of people willingly give up property to a collective. Money is your property, and donating to charity is just that. Church collections basket? Collective. People willingly part ways with property for the collective all the time. People even more often contribute to what is a perceived collective but is an individual.
Police power was threatened; now police in many cities intentionally make things worse to push back.
The rich were about to lose fiat power so they raised interest rates.
Those who can afford it fly all over regardless of the mess for the majority.