What political philosophy would work best in your ideal society?

Originally posted by Stealth Agent
Localism, in a small rural town. Everything is locally produced and locally consumed. That's what makes a good, stable, functioning economy.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Maybe stable and functioning, good...I don't know.

outside the influence of the demoralized america, kept with good homeley traditions. A small society where everybody pretty much knows who everybody else is by first name.

Originally posted by Stealth Agent
Localism, in a small rural town. Everything is locally produced and locally consumed. That's what makes a good, stable, functioning economy.

what about communities that lack certain fundamental resources?

like, there ain't a coal mine or oil field in my neighborhood.

Originally posted by Stealth Agent
outside the influence of the demoralized america, kept with good homeley traditions. A small society where everybody pretty much knows who everybody else is by first name.

Meritocracy.

Or benevolent dictatorship. I'll be Dear Leader.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Maybe stable and functioning, good...I don't know.

Depends...is inbreeding good or bad?

Originally posted by Stealth Agent
outside the influence of the demoralized america, kept with good homeley traditions. A small society where everybody pretty much knows who everybody else is by first name.

And last name, because it'll take about 150 years for them to all be one big family.

My political philosophy would be true communism. Communism isn't actually a bad thing, it's just that nobody thinks it can be done. But if it COULD be done, the world would sure be different.

A general misconception is when people think communism or socialism, they think state communism or state socialism. Very different.

Dictatorship.

But I'd tell everyone its Democracy.

Originally posted by Advent
Assuming you created a society, what political philosophy would you use and why?

Or would you create one of your own? If so, what would it be like?

Egalitarian hunter-gatherers.

I hope you all will excuse me for being cliche, but capitalism for economics and democracy as your political philosophy seems to be the best, and history backs this up.

Overall I think a benevolent dictatorship could be better, except that there isnt really anyone who I would trust with the job. Except perhaps myself 😉 .

^capitalisn has only succeeded with huge nations who have the power and resources to STEAL the resources of the world to fill in the holes for the extravagances/lazyness of its citizen in creating resources/raw material.

Originally posted by leonheartmm
^capitalisn has only succeeded with huge nations who have the power and resources to STEAL the resources of the world to fill in the holes for the extravagances/lazyness of its citizen in creating resources/raw material.

Originally posted by leonheartmm
^capitalisn has only succeeded with huge nations who have the power and resources to STEAL the resources of the world to fill in the holes for the extravagances/lazyness of its citizen in creating resources/raw material.

Steal? I was under the impression that we(the U.S.) and other capitalistic nations pay for our goods?

I was under the impression that the US is only marginaly capitalist.

Originally posted by Bardock42
I was under the impression that the US is only marginaly capitalist.

Officially the U.S. has a capitalist mixed economy. So yes it does borrow some other principles from other economic philosophys but it is mostly capitalist. Or atleast that was my impression, Im no expert on this kind of stuff so I could be wrong.

Originally posted by Great Vengeance
Officially the U.S. has a capitalist mixed economy. So yes it does borrow some other principles from other economic philosophys but it is mostly capitalist. Or atleast that was my impression, Im no expert on this kind of stuff so I could be wrong.

Nah, not really.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Well, a country with a government spending of over 3 trillion a year and the highest per capita spending on national healthcare.

Nah, not really.

Well you have to take into account that we also have the most GDP aside from the EU by a huge margin, even during recession. Your right that the U.S. does borrow some principles from socialism, though you would be hard pressed to show that the U.S. was on the whole more socialist as opposed to capitalist.

Originally posted by Great Vengeance
Well you have to take into account that we also have the most GDP aside from the EU by a huge margin, even during recession. Your right that the U.S. does borrow some principles from socialism, though you would be hard pressed to show that the U.S. was on the whole more socialist as opposed to capitalist.