Reply #39: Define "better". Define "system".

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Yeah, I think Venezuela has a better "system". But the "system" we have is global, so it can't really compare. I think that Zapatismo is fantastic. The reason why "socialism doesn't work" is because the United States slaughtered and infiltrated every damn uprising in every damn country in the world. It's like saying my family "didn't work" because a sociopath broke into our house and butchered everyone because they owned everything. We're not just in Iraq because of oil. We're also in Iraq because the Ba'athist party is socialist. Is Iraq really in a "better system" now that it's capitalist? Seriously

Obviously Stalinism was the death of communism. Kruschev isn't even considered communist by communists. He was largely thought of as a counter-revolutionary. So there wasn't communism in Russia for at least 3 decades before it collapsed. Deng Xiao Peng is most definitely a counter-revolutionary. China was a communist nation for about 25 years. It's been a totalitarian capitalist slave state now for going on 30 years.

What I'd like to see won't happen because well-armed thugs won't let it happen. What "works" and what "doesn't" is a complete red herring. Capitalism will always "work" because even if there's an economic collapse, the rich will just come in and steal everything from you again because they live their lives above the law without impunity. You can call that a "system" if you like. You can even say it's "better" because you happen to be doing just fine and dandy.
But the majority of the world's population lives in horrific poverty directly caused by our "great system."

If "great" means longevity, then yeah, capitalism's great. I hear theocracy is also great. They last a long time too.