Eva wrote:
>> In my definition (sorry I'm an engineer/CS..), a (technical or social or
>> whatever) system works if it behaves in the way and achieves the goal
>> that its inventor/constructor/maintainer intended it to. Thus, capitalism
>> works but socialism doesn't.
>>
>
>so if there was/is a conscious inventor/constructor/maintainer
>(you mean god, don't you...) of capitalism, he/she/it is happy.
I didn't mean god at all ! Economical systems are _man-made_ systems.
The inventor/constructor/maintainer of capitalism is what you probably
call "the ruling class", and it is pretty obvious that it _is_ happy with
this, as it constructed cap'ism for its own advantage, _not_ for the
advantage of the "majority of users".
>Socialism is yet to be constructed to its "inventors's"
>specification, I would hold judgement till then.
The question is whether socialism _can_ be constructed -- and maintained ! --
<<to its "inventors's" [Marx/Engels?] specification>>... IMHO, this isn't
possible, because it isn't compatible with the egoistic nature of man.
If it would be possible, why was it not implemented so far ?
Chris
