RJ your arguments are not persuasive because they are not backed up by anything. The “we haven’t evolved enough” argument is terrible because it’s a point in time which you can’t define. But we know that man has evolved enough to live and care for each other collectively.
As I’ve said for the millionth fucking time, you are confusing me wanting to define an ideology with a call for purity.
But you have demanded purity and the rest of us have to bow to you.
People are part of a lot of things. It's irrational to be part capitalist and part socialist.
RE: " The “we haven’t evolved enough” argument is terrible because it’s a point in time which you can’t define. But we know that man has evolved enough to live and care for each other collectively. "
As to the end of your post, no we haven't. If we had, there would be no crime; people wouldn't hoard money and things; companies would pay everyone many times what they do today and much more.
The reason we can't say man will have evolved enough for pure socialism on Thursday, April 1, 2025 is because it has never happened.
I am and always will believe that a hybrid of capitalism and socialism is best for at least 50 years. Why at least that long? It will take decades to change this massive an economy and there will be great objection.
You've addressed this question, "If I am a manager at a coat factory and my coats work, what would incentivize me to create a better or cheaper product? If there are no profits and no bonuses, why would I want to invent a new car brake that is safer?
Where would the money come from for all the failures while trying to develop something that saves lives?