Quote Originally Posted by Coelho
I agree that this people exist in any society/system, and thats one of the reasons why socialism didnt work... instead progressing to comunism, that was its original goal (socialism being only an intermediate step), the revolution stopped in the socialism which allowed the existence of an "elite" ruling class... cause, of course, which elite in the world would willingly abandon its own power?

Anyway, while this people will exist in every society, i think in small groups of people (tribes, clans, small comunities) the damage this people are able to do is FAR smaller, cause its limited to one (or only a few) group of people.
One thing is the despotic village leader that eats twice (or thrice) the amount of food that his companions eat... another thing is a great banks CEO who gets in one month more money that many people wont get working their entire lives...
Government intervention in the economies, to save major corporations is a hybrid socialist/fascist procedure. Actually, we live in a corporatist society, with a corporatist policy:smokin: