• danc4498@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    I get that in a utopian society, you are correct. But it’s not impossible for somebody to gain power and abuse this system. The socialist society would need to set up rules to prevent this from happening.

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      10 hours ago

      Ofc but those rules are there by design and are natural to the system

      If the many have the control then it is hard for any one individual to gain control and rig the system for himself, because the many can kick him out

      With capitalism you don’t have this natural control. You put in checks and balances that will fail eventually as they always did and then you’re screwed.

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        1 hour ago

        If the many have the control then it is hard for any one individual to gain control and rig the system for himself, because the many can kick him out

        Have you never witnessed “the many” being manipulated by a small number of people into doing things that are against their best interest? There is nothing “natural to the system” that protects against this. It is just hope that the many will stay aligned with the goal of the system. And that each generation keeps this alignment.

        You build your system on a set of rules, but then you need to maintain that system. If you don’t, the system will warp.