yeah socialism and capitalism are unfortunately one of those ideals that are genious yet have very little hope in aplication to our sociey nowadays. capitalism has its benefits but at the same time has severe drawbacks. i'd just like to see people learn from the mistakes of capitalism and take from the ideals of communism and socialism to create a more responsible economy and way of living. it is possible. abandoning capitalism NOW would indeed be catastrophic, but that doesn't mean we can't change how we run. and this is why (among other things) I dumpster dive. why i would love to live in a socialist utopia, i dont see it in my immediate future but I DO see folks re-thinking our economy and looking into other alternatives, gradually making small changes.