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In capitalism, you have a bunch of psychopaths scrambling to the top, tearing each other down in the process. It's horrible, and many people suffer.
In communism, you have only a handful of psychopaths trying to scramble to the top. They get there unhindered. It's horrible, and many people suffer.
I think the problem isn't the system, it's the psychopaths.
In a sense, the best system is the one which best keeps psychopaths from the top.
We will never get rid of psychopaths. Any system that doesn't account for them is the problem. Better systems don't consolidate power in ways desirable and easily exploited by psychopaths. Any system that doesn't have real safeguards is the problem.