I think some blend of the two is best. Capitalism is human nature, as communist countries have discovered. But an unfettered market creates some losers, too. Some redistributive social policy is needed.
Man, get some sense, check out reality and take a standpoint. Really.
Capitalism creates largely the same level of income for people with the same productive capacity (meaning workers with skills have more) at the maximum level that humanity can sustain, AND some rich people.
Communism creates the same level of income for all, at a level that continually diminishes, EXCEPT for the few people that has positioned themselves to administer all the sameness. To keep the sameness, the productive capacity of society has to be destroyed, with it, millions of people also have to be destroyed, literally, as in killing.
I must have missed something. Did I endorse communism? Far from it; socialism is contrary to human nature. The free market IS human nature. But survival of the fittest is also nature. Does that mean we ignore the losers and let them reek in the gutter? Nature, or God, also gave us compassion and intellect. We have the means. It would be inhuman not to have a social safety net.
So pay now for your own social safety net for what can happen to you tomorrow. The non forced version is called insurance, and embraced by free market.
We just don't want to be forced into it.
There is no need for charity, and insurance is not a charity, and provide your so called safety net.
No, I don't need safety net for unemployment, because I know I will never be unemployed, so why should I pay for it ? (but I don't mind people protecting themselves with it and paying for it)
For health ? Ok, I would pay, since it does not depend on me.
But a fucking bureaucrat taking the decision to submit to one, another or both against my free will, "for my protection" is what libertarian are arguing about.
We probably need a brand new system, something in between i reckon.
There is no in between, either you are free to pay for the services you want, either you are forced to at the point of the gun.
There is no compromise possible.
