Communism or Capitalism

Where would You prefer to live: in communist or in capitalist country? Which of two evils is less dangerous or simply better for the people?

Personally I don't like both.

It is unlikely that there is a form of political economy more discredited than communism.  Capitalism, warts and all, wins hands down.

Gotta go with the capitalism, although I do believe that it presents serious moral and ethical issues.

On a side note, I often hear people say, "Well, real communism hasn't been tried yet." Well, all I have to go on is the "fake" communism that's been tried, and I can't tell you I'm all that pleased with it. Further, if real people haven't tried it yet, it might have been because they thought that it wouldn't really work; not that what they came up with was any better .

-Akolouthos

extreme capitalism is the best for one's economy.

the us is not capitalist enough.

we should erase all the trade barriers, minimize the tax rate, get rid of all government interventions, privatize all the state corporations, and get rid of most of the taxes.

I totally agree, except with maybe getting rid of most taxes.  A lot yes, but over 50% probably not.  Spending I think should just be brought down to non deficit levels when possible, I really wouldn't say now is one of those times given that we are at war unfortunately.

but the capital gain tax has to be got rid of. there are no capital tax in many countries including hong kong. u know how hard it is to stock traders when they have to give 1/3 of the gain to the government, but get nothing back when the stocks go down.

So if a handful of multinational corporations control each industy(whether it's food, pharmaceuticals, electronics, communications, automobiles, military, or energy) as they control each indutry's flow and application of resources, labor condition/relation, finnance, and the market itself, and they keep merging or buy out smaller companies to the point of some of them controlling multiple industries in multiple countries, and they also own the media to either distract or frighten the mass to keep them either content or divided, individual uniqueness/creativity is replaced by preference between Coke or Pepsi, Whopper or Big Mac, less rights means cheaper labor and more conflict/violence leads to more confusion and comsumption, ultimately more profit, is that a Capitalism or Communism?

Whatever it is I want theother one. 

P.S. Black and White are not Colors but dark or light, hence complements all Colors.       - 2D Comp. 101 

not really. argentina has never had complete free trade, and it's got lots of state corporations, lots of taxes, and too much government intervenetion.

a true extreme capitalism would be hong kong. free trade, low tax rate, almost no government intervention whatsoever. it was like that when it was poor in the 50's, and now it's one of the richest economies in the world on a per capita basis.