> I still don’t understand socialism, just that it can’t be worse than capitalism.<
Heh. Quite often capitalism is the best advertisement for socialism.
The basic difference is that socialism is about ownership by the public, whereas capaitalism is ownership by capital.
A more nuanced version notes a continuum, and argues that personal property and small business are good candidates for private ownership, whereas the larger the organisation the better it is under public ownership.
> High fantasy can be good. Is there even a “low fantasy”???<
Sure, plenty of low-fantasy examples out there, starting from magical realism where events seems magical but it could have non-magical explanations (e.g., in the film "Pan's Labyrinth" the magical scenes could be escapist delusions by Ofelia). A lot of fairy-tales that require a step into an isolated location where there is some magic are low fantasy.
An interesting novella is "The Magic Goes Away" which has both, because magic is a natural resource that is being used up!
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Date: 2021-02-04 08:44 am (UTC)Heh. Quite often capitalism is the best advertisement for socialism.
The basic difference is that socialism is about ownership by the public, whereas capaitalism is ownership by capital.
A more nuanced version notes a continuum, and argues that personal property and small business are good candidates for private ownership, whereas the larger the organisation the better it is under public ownership.
> High fantasy can be good. Is there even a “low fantasy”???<
Sure, plenty of low-fantasy examples out there, starting from magical realism where events seems magical but it could have non-magical explanations (e.g., in the film "Pan's Labyrinth" the magical scenes could be escapist delusions by Ofelia). A lot of fairy-tales that require a step into an isolated location where there is some magic are low fantasy.
An interesting novella is "The Magic Goes Away" which has both, because magic is a natural resource that is being used up!