Making comparisons how does the role of the individual differ under capitalism, socialism, and communism?
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If you buy what he said your a fool.
In short
Capitalism is the harder and smarter you work the father you go in life
Socialism If you want to work that is good but if you want to be lazy sit back and we will make some one feed you feed you.
Communism I tell you how hard to work if you do not your in for it. Now jump and like it.
Well looking at it from an economics perspective I guess this is a good summary.
Capitalist Individuals - Supposed to more or less be selfish. Seek the highest wages, purchase as much stuff as possible, and use resources in the way that makes them the most money. This selfishness is believed to eventually produce beneficial outcomes for the rest of the population such as increase worker benefits, create jobs, and meet the needs of other consumers. Probably best explained in Adam Smith's invisible hand theory.
Socialism - Supposed to be more altruist and sacrifice more for the good of the rest of the people. Within a socialist society workers are supposed to do whatever they do best and not worry about wages because someone else who is doing what he does best will provide you with food, etc.
Communist - Pretty much the same thing as Socialism although the Communist Party or a small group of elites are supposed to pave the way to socialism and plan the economic activities to insure economic success.
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Essentially in Socialism, everyone is equal, no one can advance above another despite unequal skills, sometimes there are exceptions, and limited land ownership if any. Communism is more extreme where everyone is completely equal. The decisions are made by one party.
Or to put it simply.
Capitalism: Everything
Socialism: Something
Communism: Nothing
The role of an individual in socialism and communism is to serve the community, to sacrifice one's self for the community, to look out for the good of others NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING IN RETURN.
The role of an individual in capitalism is the similar: to serve the community, to help others, to satisfy each others' wants and needs IN EXCHANGE FOR SOMETHING.
The law of capitalism says that you can't get something for nothing. If you take value, you must give value. Value for value. If you take value, and don't give anything in exchange, you are a thief. You go to jail. (Now, this doesn't mean that there is no such thing as a present. If someone wants to give a present to someone else, then he can do that. There's nothing wrong with that.)
The essence of socialism and communism is that you need to give and expect nothing in return. Communism and socialism teaches that you can get something even if you don't give anything. Of course, goods don't fall out of the sky. Someone must work. Let me quote Ayn Rand here:
"Jobs, food, clothing, recreation, homes, medical care, education, etc., do not grow in nature. These are man-made values--goods and services produced by men. Who is to provide them? If some men are entitled by right to the products of the work of others, it means that those others are deprived of rights and CONDEMNED TO SLAVE LABOR." -- Ayn Rand
So, there you have it. Ayn Rand tells is like it is! So, the ROLE OF AN INDIVIDUAL under communism and socialism is to be a SLAVE.
The role of an individual under capitalism is to be a free man.
Vastly. In capitalism, individual role is described as an economic animal. The basic drive for individual would be for the maximum gain and with propensity to invest and save up. Rational economic behavior would be applied to individual in the capitalism system in maximising individual's benefit in term of economic gain. In contrast, because in the pure form of Communism, everyone is ensured of the basic needs and that behaviours of individuals therefore expected to be contribution to the collective gains (which had been proven hard to exist and hence the failure of achieving communism).
Socialism is that which lays in between.
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