Atlas Shrugged

[secbro20]

Finally, something we can agree on.

The idea that selfishness can help the whole has been proven wrong time and time again. Feudal system, Stock market, Reaganomics, capitalism, etc.

You've got it a bit wrong. The feudal system wasn't based on rational self interest. The king was king because he was supposedly chosen by god, which in itself is a contradiction of reason. Capitalism works very well actually, when the people who are at the top actually know what they are doing and aren't just going for a quick buck at the expense of multimillion dollar companies. Much better than the Socialist or Communist regimes of old (Stalin, Hitler, Monarchies, etc). No system is completely perfect, but to say that its wrong simply because of it not being perfect isn't accurate either.

[Jikanu]

1. I was referring to Lords and Peasants.

2. People on top never know what they're doing. Humanity gets to them. That's why communism failed. That's why capitalism has failed.

3. Socialism doesnt involve regimes for the most part. As for it failing, that's also untrue. There are still countries today that function as socialist, retaining all the freedoms of capitalism, such as canada and sweden.

Also, hitler was far from socialist. He called himself socialist to get the people's support, and then killed off all real socialists once he gained power.