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(4,835 posts)A government of the people, by the people and for the people doesn't sound like capitalism at all.
I think we've been so conditioned to believe that socialism and communism are evil that we don't recognize just how commonplace they are.
The very people who benefit from 'socialism' are the people who are the most vocally opposed to it. If you fish in a river that is owned by the government; you are taking advantage of a socialist system. If you take your boat onto a lake that was created by an Army Corps of Engineer dam; same thing. If you drive cross country; etc.
Communism didn't fail in the Soviet Union; a centralized government that didn't follow the communist philosophy is what failed. There are successful examples is communism. It may not be practical on such a large scale, but it isn't a failed philosophy.
We need to get to a point where we each have a reasonable amount of ownership for the earths resources, and away from the concept that non-renewable resources should be controlled and exploited by a select few.
Whether it's socialism, communism or some limited form of capitalism makes no difference; the current system is destroying the earth. That's reason enough to look at modifying the current system.