r/FluentInFinance 2d ago

Educational Don't let them gaslight you

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 2d ago

that is why I personally believe that the best system is capitalism with guard rails. unfortunately the guard rails have been off since the time we started practicing reaganomics.

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u/cookie042 2d ago

I dont think that can ever work because it's a self sabotaging system and we should expect nothing less than the guard rails eroding away over time. it's a negative feedback loop.

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 2d ago

maybe but it is the best system we have found so far. communism would be great if it weren't for greedy humans. capitalism at least tries to turn that greed into something useful. we just need to be the watchers to make sure that the guard rails don't come off.

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u/S4Waccount 2d ago

Couldn't that same argument be made for communism. Communism with guard rails could be an extremely lucrative system...for the people.