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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tora Buttercup: [QB] If the "experts" would have it, most of us have mental illnesses of some kind. I have seen large groups of homeless people and I have read about people who have been among them. Mentally ill people don't just congregate like that unless it's serious and they're confused or don't know who they are, etc. Omega: It matters because capitalism creates losers. The system is failing them and everybody else who is near poverty--and there are plenty of those, too. But why have other systems like communism failed? I think the number one problem is the leaders. They used the system to gain themselves more power rather than give power to the citizens. Take China for example, if communism actually worked there, you wouldn't see Mao Zedong's picture everywhere because the system would be about the people rather than all about HIM. The second problem is that the communities are too large. Communism works best when people know each other and leaders know their subjects as people rather than ants. The third problem, but no less important than the previous two, is that people are forced to work, sometimes at something they don't like, rather than motivated to work. The fourth problem is the lack of freedom of expression. I listed these problems because it IS possible for a Marxist-type lifestyle to work. Look at the [URL=http://www.findhorn.org/]Findhorn community[/URL] in Scotland. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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