Workism - a New Socioeconomic System

Phransisku said:
Says the guy who claims workism involves "large inheritance taxes".

You clearly didn't read the article and still have no clue of what workism is about. And, since you are confused, you blame the author. It's as if you bought a machine and didn't even bother to read the instructions. Then you can't make it work. So you blame the engineer that created it, claiming he doesn't understand the machine he has created. That's the poor figure you are making.
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While it is true that you did try to carve out a space for legitimate dependents which I agree with (although properly knowing who is legitimate and who isn't is a little fraught") you specifically have
Corollary 1: No Wealth Transfers, No Bequests.
Ergo inheritance taxes.
 
Stoic Phoenix said:
The only thing im finding hard to grasp is the fact you think your concept is sound.....I was trying to be diplomatic but after your response why bother...your idea eats the hairy bean bag, plain and simple.

You , unlike the rest of us are emotionally invested in this tripe and as such you cant accept critical analysis or constructive criticism. Essentially you are deluded.
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Bang on.

I quickly came to the conclusion this thread wasn't going to be really worth the effort to argue with a zealot. Plus I had ultimate faith that shiney and bord would more effectively dismantle the ideology than I could have. :p
 
Stoic Phoenix said:
A student is only as good as his teacher cranksisku.
According to you all of us have no clue, cant grasp it, didnt read...etc.
Stop to consider for a moment that you are the idiot and not us as a collective.
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Even a teacher can't force his students to read.

Oh, and your logic is very interesting. If we gather 10 people in a room, 9 poor and 1 rich, if the 9 rob the rich and tell him his belongings were never his, the rich person should stop to consider for a moment that maybe they're right.

Maybe you are right. Maybe you're also right to mess up with my name. Oh, you are so right and I am so wrong!...do you feel better already?
 
Clearly wasting my time attempting to engage you with your blinkered stance so I wont bother any further
 
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Phransisku said:
No bequests =/= inheritance taxes
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It's a 100% tax.

Unless you can tell me the difference, I believe that the Workism theory is basically a variant of Syndicalism. This has been tried in the past including famously in Catalonia in the 1900's. It can be done today within our existing laws just like kibbutz and the like. Inevitably they fail because the allocation of capital between and within businesses is a very important part of what makes complex production chains possible. Workism/Syndicalism essentially loses critical information and price signals associated with the efficient allocation of capital (both within and between businesses). True, you are trying to allow some level of capital allocation under Workism but it is the exception rather than the norm. This places the system at a massive disadvantage to ordinary capitalism.
 
Irwin Schiff’s cartoon is probably the most effective piece of writing explaining the free-market and capitalism at my level of comprehension. ;)
 
mmm....shiney! said:
Irwin Schiff’s cartoon is probably the most effective piece of writing explaining the free-market and capitalism at my level of comprehension. ;)
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One of the best for any level of comprehension. It should be the favoured text book in high school civics classes as well as university economics in my opinion.
 
....... and........... he’s gone. Off to spread the word about Workism to a less “hostile", more ignorant audience.
 
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