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[–]Canbot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

No one said it is. Capitalism is built on protecting everyone's individual rights, including property rights. You can go out on your own and build a business, build a home, patronize anyone you want, and be the master of your own destiny. Communism takes away all those rights and gives them to the dear leader. You are beholden to them for everything. Your destiny is the destiny of the collective. You are a slave.

Greed and lust for power is not a quality of the system, it is a quality of humans. Some systems aggregate power in fewer hands more than others. Anything that promises you free stuff is enticing you into a system that will enslave you.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Nonsense. Capitalism is built on making capital. Everything else is secondary.

Capitalism and communism are essentially the same, both for totalitarianism, except for their dogmatic claims/excuses and the topmost hierarchy: governments or corporations first. You are a slave in both.

Independence requires responsibility, self-reliance, and bottom-up communities. Free stuff always has a price to pay.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It says it right in the name: capitalism.