Labor Day
*Wonders whether to put on the Lazarus Long hat or the George Carlin hat...*
Okay. Let's see...
Capitalism is based on the premise that work has value but the worker doesn't. Well, that's fine if you're rich or powerful, but not so good for the masses.
Communism is based on the premise that the worker has value but work doesn't. That seemed fine for the masses at the time it started, but soon enough only the powerful benefited from it, which is why it's only happening in the most fanatical nations now.
Socialism is based on the premise that to give both work and the worker value the State needs to be in control of industry. But which industries? Only the big ones? Only the ones in which the State is the main customer?
I took two semesters of Economics in College and I don't feel any closer to understanding it than I did as a child. Too much of it is aimed at making the individual (or the company owned by individuals) rich, and too little of it is aimed at making a society's standard of living better. And too much of Politics is about making the individual (or political party) powerful than addressing the real needs of a nation's populace.
No wonder things are in a perpetual mess. Enjoy your day off. If you have a job to go back to this week, that is.
Okay. Let's see...
Capitalism is based on the premise that work has value but the worker doesn't. Well, that's fine if you're rich or powerful, but not so good for the masses.
Communism is based on the premise that the worker has value but work doesn't. That seemed fine for the masses at the time it started, but soon enough only the powerful benefited from it, which is why it's only happening in the most fanatical nations now.
Socialism is based on the premise that to give both work and the worker value the State needs to be in control of industry. But which industries? Only the big ones? Only the ones in which the State is the main customer?
I took two semesters of Economics in College and I don't feel any closer to understanding it than I did as a child. Too much of it is aimed at making the individual (or the company owned by individuals) rich, and too little of it is aimed at making a society's standard of living better. And too much of Politics is about making the individual (or political party) powerful than addressing the real needs of a nation's populace.
No wonder things are in a perpetual mess. Enjoy your day off. If you have a job to go back to this week, that is.