Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
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How about this angle: Humans are selfish by nature (not completely, but mostly). In that sense, an organized body with the right authority is needed to help distribute resources, reduce separation between classes, etc. Obviously not to the extreme (communism) but enough to give the poor decent conditions.
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Humans' selfish nature works in favor of capitalism as trades usually benefit both parties. A lumberjack cuts down trees, but there is no sense in hoarding cut trees so he trades some of them to a guy who makes furniture, but it doesn't make sense for the guy to hoard furniture so he trades them for food, ect, ect. Henry Ford is a classic example of this, he organized an auto plant in such a way that he was able to produce cars cheap enough for the majority to afford them. At the same time that he did this his workers were getting paid some of the highest wages in the country, and at the same time as this Henry Ford got rich as [censored].
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