There was an (maybe thought) experiment where they put a group of five monkeys in a room with a banana at the other end. Anytime one of the monkeys tried to walk over and grab it all the other monkeys were sprayed with water. Soon enough, anytime a monkey wanted to go grab the banana the other monkeys would beat him up. So no one would go for the banana anymore.
Then, they took out one of the monkeys, and put in a new monkey who was unaware of the whole thing. Obviously he went to grab the banana and was beaten up. So he learned about the banana and the beating.
Then, they removed a second “old” monkey and put in another new monkey. Repeat the process until there were no “old” monkeys were left. None of the monkeys in the room had ever been sprayed with water or seen anyone get sprayed with water.
However, if any monkey tried to grab the banana they were beaten by the other 4.
I_put_a_smell_on_you 150 points151 points152 points 1 day ago[-]
This is exactly how people react to success in my hometown.
sheerheartattack 5 points6 points7 points 1 day ago[-]
And thus communism was born.
enkiam 40 points41 points42 points 1 day ago[-]
Actually, communism would be more like the entire group of monkeys converging on the banana point at once so that nobody got sprayed, and if they did, attacking the water source and disabling it.
Capitalism, on the other hand, would be a single monkey offering another monkey the first bite of the banana to beat up the other monkeys, and the second bite of the banana to a third monkey whose duty it would be to get the actual banana.
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Communism would be one monkey promising that if the other monkeys work together with him, none will be beaten and all will be given an equal share of the banana. But in order to ensure that none will be beaten and the sharing is fair, he requires absolute power over the other monkeys. The other monkeys are then chained to the wall while the Nomenklatura monkey eats most of the banana and leaves the rest to rot. The other monkeys are left to starve. Those who protest are shot.
Capitalism would be an enterprising monkey looking for a way to increase the number of bananas, to introduce a food source that does not have the limitations of bananas, or offering to be sprayed for a share of the banana.