Originally Posted by
torvalds
We could call it erm, I don't know, communism?
The fundamental goal of the economy is to keep the majority of the people occupied in a meaningful way. The problem with Communism is that there are no proper incentives, which causes people to become lethargic. Capitalism uses a carrot and stick approach to solve this, which means that people who are good at the game start to collect an ever growing part of the pie at the cost of others. Unfortunately the game has stopped now, meaning a lot of people are left with nothing. We need a system that makes a more acceptable trade-off between the two.