Sanghyeok wrote:Sundiata wrote:I don't think that capitalism is ever really going to go away because it's the closest thing we've got to human nature. People want nice stuff, luxury. It's a special person who can walk away from all of the beautiful things that money can buy.
Once you've had a taste of luxury its hard to give it up, the nice suits, the parties, the cars, the validation. We're all after that good stuff. I think that everyone should get to experience the heights of luxury at least once.
It's part of being happy, I think.
Materials and services can be produced under any economic system.
Show me the Communist equivalent to a Rolex watch, a Louie Vuitton handbag, or a Bugatti Chiron. I'm not saying that command economies can't produce stuff. I am saying that Command economies don't produce the nice stuff, the luxuries.
A system like that is doomed to fail because that's what we want. The worst part, it doesn't even stop there. Each year the luxury goods get better.