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Monday, April 28, 2008

Capitalism and communism differ in multiple reasons, the government within these economic philosophies are compared by the control the people have within that country and the way they are able to utilize the freedom they may or may not have within the economy and government.
It is under capitalism that the state is in separation from the production and trade of that which goes on within the economy. Capitalism is the system of of laissez faire. It is the system of political freedom. Communism on the other hand is that in which the government holds control over the people and the economic system which is established within that country. "In modern usage, the term Communism (written with a capital C) is applied to the movement that aims to overthrow the capitalist order by revolutionary means and to establish a classless society in which all goods will be socially owned"

Capitalism promises a future for its people, they may be able to live as they please in the economy and they may be able to buy and sell as they please unlike within communism. "The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve the 'common good'. It is true that capitalism does-if that catch phrase has any meaning- but this is merely a secondary consequence. The moral justification for capitalism lies in the fact that it is the only system consonant with man's rational nature, that it protects man's survival qua man, and that its ruling principle: justice." it is within the economic system of capitalism that society has control over their personal gain within the economy which in turn relates to freedom within their finances, and family to do as they please with that which they gain. "Once people succeed in in accumulating a certain amount of capital relative to their incomes, they feel tha they have done their duty by the future and can now turn more heavily Toward enjoying life in the present.(Reismen,106)"

Communism is the complete opposite as that which Capitalism is. Communism stands within the boundaries of no freedom, and no economic system that is for the people, but rather that is simply based on that which beneficial for the government."The Communists, therefore, are on the one hand practically, the most advanced and resolute section of the working-class parties of every country, that section which pushes forward all others; on the other hand, theoretically, they have over the great mass of the proletariat the advantage of clearly understanding the lines of march, the conditions, and the ultimate general results of the proletarian movement." Those living within the economic movement of communism are simply utilized for their ability to produce children, examples are, China, Cuba, Russia, and North Korea etc. This system of economics can not, in any possible way be healthy for the population of the country and it is training them to run as preprogramed agents rather than free agents that may be able to make economic establishments are their own.

Capitalism and communism carry strengths and weaknesses that in result effect the people of the country. As shown, those living within a capitalistic economic society are benefiting for the fact they are reaching their economic goals on their time and doing as they please with this economic freedom. Communism, as shown places the economy before the society that is the foundation of the economy. It is within communism that people are forced to work a certain occupation and the money they receive is only produced to benefit that which the country runs and supplies. Freedom and justice is not heard of within the economic basis of communism and therefore there is no question as to which system serves man better.

With result that capitalism is based upon the economic freedom of the society within a country it is only evident that capitalism serves man better. Who wants to be controlled and told where, when, and how they may spend their money or used as a tool to produce a greater population? The freedom produced within capitalism can only benefit a country along with the people living within it and produce an economic system that benefits the government, the society, and the country as a whole.




Reisman, George. Capitalism:A Treatise on Economics. *No further information was given on this book.

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