In this article Capital Destroying; Capitalism and Socialism we are talking about the types of Capitalism and Socialism where money, value, energy, wealth, capital and power are destroyed. This is as apposed to Capital Producing; Capitalism and Socialism. In Capital Producing; Capitalism and Socialism money, value, energy, wealth, capital and power are created.
Socialism is more of a Group function. Capitalism is more of a Self function. Socialism emphasizes the Group. Capitalism emphasizes the individual, the Self.
Neither one of these economic systems can survive without the other. An economic system such as Capital Destroying Capitalism that emphasizes the individual independent of a group cannot function well on its own. It cannot function and create prosperity without the individuals working together in social groups. Capital Destroying Capitalism cannot function well and create prosperity without rewarding the individual Producers in proportion to their production levels. When the Producers work together in social groups and are rewarded correctly for their production the system becomes a Capital Producing Capitalist Economic system. In Capital Producing Capitalism money, value, energy, wealth, capital, and power are created. For all who produce, prosperity is attainable, in the Capital Producing Capitalist system.
An economic system such as Capital Destroying Socialism that emphasizes the group independent from the individual cannot function well on its own. It cannot function and create prosperity by distributing the money, value, energy, wealth, capital and power equally among all members of the group. This penalizes the Producers and rewards the non-producers and counter-producers. Capital Destroying Socialism cannot function well and create prosperity without rewarding the individual Producers in proportion to their production levels. When the Producers are rewarded for their production in a socialist system we have Capital Producing Socialism. In Capital Producing Socialism money, value, energy, wealth, capital and power are created. Prosperity is also attainable for those who produce in Capital Producing Socialist economic systems
We could say Socialism is a Group function and Capitalism is a Self function. Capitalism, the Self function, depends on the Group function in order to achieve prosperity. Socialism, the Group function, depends on the Self function in order to achieve prosperity.
The Capital Destroying Capitalist while functioning on the Self drive only is trying to gain prosperity by excluding the Group function. This brings about a counter prosperous condition in the Self, Group, Society and Nation.
The Capital Destroying Socialist, while functioning on the Group drive only is trying to prosper by excluding the Self function. This brings about a counter-prosperous condition in the Self, Group, Society and Nation.
Both the Capital Destroying Capitalist and the Capital Destroying Socialist are attempting to prosper through counter prosperous methods. Both of these systems are taking the money, value, energy, wealth, capital and power produced by the working and laboring Producers and giving it to non-producers and counter-producers. This is how the Capital Destroying Capitalist and the Capital Destroying Socialist are trying to prosper. They are trying to prosper through counter-production rewarding or counter-prosperity methods.
Money, value, energy, wealth, capital and power are created in both the Capital Producing Capitalist and Capital Producing Socialist systems. In both systems when the Producers of the money, value, energy, wealth, capital and power are rewarded for their production we have a prosperous system operating. In both systems when the non-producers and counter-producers are rewarded we have a counter prosperous system operating. Economic systems where non-production and counter-production is rewarded tend to recede into depressions.