[MD] Are we the people stupid?

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Arlo previously]
Capitalism supposes that people only labor for personal profit, or self-gain.

Communism supposes that people would labor to better humanity with no 
concern for their own profit.

Which one is "correct" aside, which one holds a lesser view of human nature?

[Platt]
Which one holds a lesser view of human nature, paternalistic control 
or  individual freedom?

[Arlo]
Radio talk show dodge tactic:1, Answer to the question:0

If there was no self-gain, how would individuals express their "individual 
freedom"? According to capitalism, without the carrot of "money", people 
would not work at all. According to Marxist theory, individuals would 
express their "individual freedom" by working to better humanity, not 
simply themselves. That Marxism was never able to be successfully 
implemented on a large scale proves the point. Capitalism's assessment that 
people are lazy and stupid unless motivated by the self-interest 
of  "wealth and money" seems to be true, at least in an SOMist world.

Arlo