Comment by cbeach | Hacker News Reader

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A system that centralises power over everything into the hands of a single government will ALWAYS end in corruption, surely that’s obvious?

Under capitalism, individuals are allowed to own enterprises. If they’re corrupted, they’ll fail and other enterprises will supersede them. Under socialism and communism, state monopolies deny ownership and accountability to the public. If they’re corrupted, there is nowhere else to turn.

Join the queue for your turnip rations and be happy you’re equal to all the other miserable people stuck under the regime (except the government officials of course - they’re never equal to the plebs)

How anyone can support far-left ideology after the lessons of the 20th century is beyond me.

> A system that centralises power over everything into the hands of a single government will ALWAYS end in corruption, surely that’s obvious?

See: United States government

See: American police/CJS

See: City governments

> Under capitalism, individuals are allowed to own enterprises.

I live under this system, you don't need to explain it. I can see how it has failed for millions of Americans while propping up the very few.

> How anyone can support far-left ideology after the lessons of the 20th century is beyond me.

I never said I supported Communism. But Capitalism is a failure for the proles due to corruption, favoritism, and purchasing of the [American] government.

I’m not sure the scale of corruption in US government really compares to the scale of corruption that existed in Soviet Russia.

> it has failed for millions of Americans while propping up the very few

It only “fails” for people that lack the capacity or the will to contribute to society.

Whereas far-left ideology destroys wealth, freedom and happiness for everyone except the ruling class.

And the “very few” you describe is actually hundreds of millions of people who enjoy a world class high standard of living in America compared to the rest of the world.

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