its like, we all share

and everyone dies together...

I mean, when you have a system designed to serve need that tends to be the outcome.

If there's one game that perfectly displays the dangers of the extreme capitalism + free market and Communism... It's Bioshock 1 and 2

Minecraft displays early nomadic times to a T

If she does not play the craft

I don't know about it displaying the dangers of capitalism, isn't the dude who runs Rapture basically a dictator and it becomes more of a lawless anarchist dystopia than a capitalist system?

Hello everypony

Yar

I made it

How are my fellow Greeks

*Hylia is typing...*

Personally, I think a healthy blend of Capitalism and Socialism where basic necessities are assured but comfort and luxury must be earned is more or less an ideal system. Wealth is generated by people's desire to get ahead, the well-being and opportunities of the masses is secured by regulations and basic social programs such as free _essential_ healthcare (cancer treatments, necessary surgery, et cetera,) and the economy is independent enough from the government that power does not consolidate in the hands of politicians alone, but regulated enough that the top 1% cannot use their wealth and influence to screw over the average citizen for personal gain. In my mind, the key to a truly free world is a mostly free market with just enough regulation to keep anyone from being able to ever fully control it.

Honestly, though, no matter what you do almost any system can be corrupted eventually.

congratulations, you're a centrist

I've always thought of myself as decently far to the left, to be honest.

At least on the American left/right scale.

i guess it's most dependent on how you view the right/left divide

i believe transgender people, gay people and women should 100% have the same rights but i still see myself as very right wing

I guess. I tend to side with AOC, Elizabeth Warren, and et cetera on most issues.

This is when you need some economic conversations

I do wish more right wing politicians shared your stance concerning social politics, Austrian.

I think you have a "zero-sum" premise in your understanding of free markets if you think that, without government regulation, they naturally result in one company owning everything, Monopoly-board-game-style.

The way i see it, i believe in competition and hierarchy, and people who don't want these people to have equal rights are scared at the fact they'll have new competition

its a sign of not just unfairness but weakness in my eyes

Well, I think that any system without checks and balances of some kind can eventually fail. Power corrupts, and if power consolidates, that becomes even more true.

I agree there, Austrian.

power will always consolidate its called the iron law of oligarchy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUrNrJcSvZM&t=681s

Maybe, but it's best to keep it from consolidating too too much.

Yes i understand

power is an interesting topic

Even a benevolent leader would be unlikely to wield absolute power well. No one can be right all the time.

many people i know want a king or dictator because they believe it will result in less government power

Indeed, power is a very interesting topic.

What is a good definition of power? Off the top of my head I'd say power is the ability to influence something but I'm wondering if anyone has a more accurate definition?

How do you feel about economic issues like trade unions, tariffs taxes ext?

@jacovich stabs power is the power to act, or to me, its the power to enforce ones will upon the world

the will to power

I don't have enough of an education on such things to say anything definitive. I base all my opinions related to such matters on a case-by-case basis.

economics can be confusing