Memes

First, don’t point your finger at capitalism as the problem.

You already lost me

I know, many here have have an automatic trigger on 'capitalism', but I appreciate you trying. I will try to respond sincerely.

Second, acknowledge & understand greed and how it is inherent in all human nature.

I would rather acknowledge and encourage humans inherent nature to cooperate and grow together.

Me too! Cooperation is the good against the evil of greed. But greed still exists, you can't wish it away, you have to strategize against.

Third, build systems that minimize the damage done by individual or corporate greed.

Like building an economy that doesn’t inherently reward greed? I wonder what that would look like.

Greed is rewarded in every economy.

Check against consolidation, monopolization, and short term Wall St like thinking of endless growth.

These things exist because of capitalism

No, they exist because of greed & corruption and failure of systems to contain those things.

Four, make sure socialist programs exist to support everyone

That’s social welfare. Being socialist means the workers own the means of production

No, socialist systems like free housing, healthcare, education can exist alongside capitalism. Worker owned systems like cooperatives still operate in a market.

capitalism is not the only way to live, it’s optional

It’s so easy to live in the USA and just not do capitalism /s

It's impossible in the USA, I'm with you.

the European nations seem to be doing things quite alright

Do you understand that their wealth was pillaged from the global south?

Yes, the British East India company uprooted my own ancestors and erased all culture. I'm against imperialism as much as you, but this has nothing to do with it.

Can you give me a description of what makes socialism bad solely based on how it works (not referencing any country who may have attempted it)?

1. Lack of standardization means you can't be sure of what you're getting. Is the milk from this farmer as good as the other farmer?
2. Same price for same good means lack of incentive to improve / innovate. Why grass feed your cows when milk will only sell for a set fixed price?
3. Markets will still exist, you can't wish them away. It's human nature. I want to make cake and feed you, but I still need to buy the ingredients, invest the capital, take the risk. Capitalism just rewards that risk.
4. Greed still exists, maybe I can add a little water to the milk, huh, who will ever find out?
5. Corruption still exists and without checks & balances, a centrally controlled system is very likely to being corrupted at the core.