Communism vs. Capitalism

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• 20 October 2007, 01:46

  There was never any difference between the systems of capitalism and communism because the two systems are essentially the same in their central philosophies. Both systems have at their very core the belief that the vast bulk of wealth/resources/power must reside in the hands of the few elites at the top of the heap of their respective societies-"for the benefit of the unwashed masses" as the caretakers so defensively profess when questioned on their intentions. Where they differ is in the their rhetoric justifying their robber baron methods. The capitalists claim that the few that hoard the majority of wealth and resources and power do so because they had earned the right and privilege to do so through hard work and that the public must show gratitude to them for everything that exists in the world and that the "little people" below them can also climb the steep slopes of the mountain of prosperity to the top through hard work and obedience to their bosses and that their labors will lift up the system and them upwards with it. The communists claimed that the few that took possession of most of the wealth and resources and power seized them out of an overwhelming concern for the welfare of the state and its peoples and that if the "proletariat" just remain faithful and unquestioning and just keep their noses to the grindstone and obey their bosses they will gradually become the recipients of the elevated prosperity of the state resulting from their labors. Both capitalists and communists tell the lies to their gullible citizens that their respective systems are a natural extension of the human need to strive to better their living conditions to trick them into staying trapped within either systems and subservient to their masters and chastise and diagnose as mentally ill the rare individuals who dare to question the validity of these economic systems.

  Of course, the architects of both systems and their current overseers designed these systems so that they would perpetuate and magnify the chasms that exist between the wealthy few and slaving masses because these two systems depend upon the existence of conditions of inequities within them to guarantee that there will always be the "special privileged few" and the "expendable masses" that comprise both systems. In the two systems, Power and resources have very little value unless their supply is relatively scarce. Power has very little value to those who seek to wield it unless it is held by a tiny minority of individuals and used to inflict pain and suffering upon the powerless majority capriciously and brutally by those who possess it. Resources have almost no value unless they exist in such minute amounts or are destroyed almost to the point of non-existence, in which case their value skyrockets. The inherent value of human and material resources is never considered when decisions are made in regards to how these resources are cherished and preserved and utilized and only their immediate monetary and political value to the privileged few is. The majority of internal critics within both systems blame the corruption and resulting seemingly irrational and destructive outcomes of policies on "runaway" capitalism or communism and that the solution is to retake control of them. But the destruction they produce is an aspect of these systems that was designed into them by their creators. Every human creation (including capitalism and communism) is controlled by human beings and not by unseen dispassionate natural universal forces or gods residing on some lofty Mount Olympus somewhere.

  Capitalism and Communism are the perfect traps for societies filled with peoples who are ridiculously easy to lie to and driven like cattle into holding pens where they can be "milked" by their handlers until they run dry and are then led to the slaughter house to have their flesh stripped from their bones and consumed by the overlords in charge. All the masters have to do is tell their glassy eyed and trusting victims that the competing system is corrupt and malevolent and that they should be thankful that they are where they are and that to wander out of the pens would be perilous and unwise and the sheeple follow behind their herders so trustingly.

  There can be no other justification for a centralized economic/political systems such as capitalism and communism than to control and subjugate the minds and bodies of the human race for the pleasure of the small number of people who derive their sustenance only from the acquisition of ever more wealth and power and control over others.

  Were it not for the unfortunate fact that most human beings are so easily lied to and tricked into adopting economic and political practices that are inimical to their lives, capitalism and communism would never have gained so much power over humanity and inflicted so much suffering.