Browsing social media, it’s apparent that people are quick to point out problems in the world, but what I see less often are suggestions for how to solve them. At best, I see vague ideas that might solve one issue but introduce new ones, which are rarely addressed.

Simply stopping the bad behaviour rarely is a solution in itself. The world is not that simple. Take something like drug addiction. Telling someone to just stop taking drugs is not a solution.

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      I’m all for capitalism, as long as we’re allowed to pick three at random from the richest ten every year, shoot them and redistribute their assets to the poor.

      Yeah, I know this is as full of holes as I’d like the “winners” to be, but I think it could be made to work as well as capitalism does.

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      And replace it with what?

      If we let capitalism run free without restrictions then we have major problems. As it is, most countries have found a balance between capitalism and setting restrictions on it.

      When looking at economical systems, there aren’t many other options.

      Previous attempts at communism have failed to the point that we either end up with dictatorships, or the country adopts a capitalist economy.

      Economically, is there a system that would actually run better than what most countries today are using?

      • Temporary or straw restrictions. The EU has even more byzantine IP laws as the US and they’re just as draconian. Our societies teem with rent-seeking grifts and billionaires who will commit genocide to get their way.