Rudolf Steiner On Capitalism Vs Socialism

[@cameronforester8413]

Good use of the podcast AI tool - Steiner's often impenetrable I found this quite useful

[@elizabethburleigh5292]

Very interested to hear this, as a pretty firm believer in communism and also a teacher at waldorf school, I’ve often wondered what steiners thoughts of capitalism were. I mean his pedagogy goes out of its way to teach children to understand each person as a whole person and being a part of your community, which to me speaks to a much more socialist mindset

[@MagnanimousmouseYouGoogle-d1k]

Can you give me an example of a successful communist country?

[@l3eatalphal3eatalpha]

One century later all the money is owned by those that do not have to work for money, they get money to work for them.

[@ObjectiveMedia]

The definition of socialism is being misrepresented and conflated with communsim, so the whole premise of the discussion is flawed. Capitalism and socialism are not opposing systems, socialism (the use of public funds to pay for social services) is just another form of capitalism, and are always used in conjunction in what economists call a “mixed economies”. In fact, you can’t have a pure capitalist economy, you need some socialism in there. And what Steiner and the AI have missed is that there would be no market, business or stakeholders if we get rid of capitalism. All in all, this whole conversation is ridiculous.

[@nynoah]

So basically his ideas don’t work in mankind and never will because he does not factor in man’s flawed being.