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Many people will argue what exactly Socialism is. However, the most common definition is workers owning the means of production. The fact that the citizens as a whole control much of the economy as it s the citizens as a whole that know what's best for them. There are a variety of ways people believe this could be achieved from cooperatives, to nationalizations, to other solutions as well. However, due to the rise of technology, it makes me question how feasible this will be in the future. Artificial Intelligence is increasing in complexity and capacity every day. It won't be too much longer until we reach a point where it is possible for computers to calculate and make superior choices for society than the people. My question is, do you think that point will ever come? And if it does will there be a point to "workers owning the means of production" anymore if computers can arguably make better decisions than workers can?
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Cicero posted:And yet, every time someone tries to reverse this, it seems to go rather horribly wrong. Venezuela has been steadily becoming more socialist ever since Chavez took power, and initially there were some good gains for the poor, but now at this point it's an unmitigated disaster. That's because socialism is still run by humans, and it's still corruptible by humans; even if the high-level objective is good, the individual actors are still more than capable of doing selfish or dumb things that break the system for everyone. Venezuela's problem is that it's form of socialism is essentially Cuba-lite.
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