Epilogue
Capitalism has failed
Social sciences are based on the ideas of the authorities from the 18th and 19th centuries. Adam Smith is the father of today’s economy. He presented the market economy as the “invisible hand” that leads private producers to promote social interest through self-interest. Good manufacturers produce goods in demand and therefore earn good prices, from which they make a good profit. Weaker manufacturers cannot compete on a commodity market, so they are forced to sell their work to capitalists. In a society where the supply and demand for labour are equal, workers are well paid.
When labour supply becomes more significant than the demand, which is something capitalists may achieve on purpose, then the workers are forced to accept lower wages to survive. That is how the capitalists realize profits through the exploitation of workers. Capitalists would be happiest if the economy developed according to Adam Smith’s theory, even though the free market often brings economic and social crises. The market solves such crises by creating a painful balance in which the marginalized workers suffer the most. The problem with capitalism is that it values profit over people.
Competition among private companies has largely created a small circle of winners who secretly rule the world with the financial power they possess. This power controls economics, politics, science, education, and media worldwide. In this way, they exploit the whole world. These people hide their power so nobody can accuse them of harming the world. I wrote about them in the article “Has the Antichrist Come?”
The wealthiest people have placed their puppets in all the critical positions of society, allowing them to easily prevent any positive change. They are so powerful that they could remove almost everything that opposes them. The changes in government in the Middle East and North Africa happening right now are their doing. The wealthiest people aim to put these countries and their people under their control. The aggression against Libya is indeed their work because they want to steal Libyan oil. I have no proof for that, but the claim is built on the fact that nobody except them could mobilize the presidents of the developed countries to commit a criminal attack on a sovereign state and then get the world media to give full support to this criminal aggression.
As a result of the work of the rich people of the West, a very irrational, unjust and immoral civilization is established, which is most likely fatal for humans. Nearly seven billion people on Earth are not satisfied with how they live, which opens the valves to destruction in society. They heavily pollute land, water, and air, which endangers our health.
The rulers of the Western world have found that they can no longer reduce Earth's population sufficiently, so they are attempting to decrease it by poisoning food through the international criminal regulation of food production known as “Codex Alimentarius,” established in 1963 at the UN level. By its help, they impose rules on food manufacturers worldwide that, among other things, limit the nutrition in processed foods and encourage or enforce the use of very unhealthy ingredients.
As a result, people today progressively suffer from serious illnesses that require expensive treatment. This brings enormous profits to the medical and pharmaceutical industry, which is largely owned by the same people who produce food. This develops the cycle that leads to disease and the death of people. Rima A. Laibow, M.D. The Medical Director of The Natural Solutions Foundation, who dedicated his life to promoting healthy food, stated, citing the WHO/FAO report, that applying the “Codex Alimentarius” rules and guidelines globally could cause illness and death for billions of people.
Capitalism is in the final criminal imperialist stage. Right-oriented social scientists, shaped by the imposed education system and the conservative environment in which they live, cannot go far enough in changing the existing system to achieve meaningful improvements in society.
Socialism has failed
Socialists advocate equality and support social ownership of the means of production to benefit marginalized workers. Karl Marx emerged as a leading figure in socialist political and economic theory. He predicted that capitalism would destroy itself through its own inner contradictions. We have just witnessed a fall in the profit rate, which, according to Marx, is one reason capitalism will end. In the developed world, interest rates are very low. A slight increase in interest rates may lead to a series of company bankruptcies. On the other hand, the fall of interest rates removes profit and represents the end of capitalism. Capitalism has a very narrow operational space for its own advancement and therefore obstructs civilization's development.
Capitalism keeps the absence of a better system that could replace it. We should thank Karl Marx, who wrongly directed the Left's political orientation. By studying the “widest” law of social movements through dialectical and historical materialism, Marx concluded that the free market should be abolished because it exploits workers. According to Marx, antagonism between workers and capitalists can be resolved only through revolution. These are probably the most significant intellectual errors in the history of mankind, which have obstructed the development of society.
By proposing the abolition of the market, Marx removed the scale that enables the economy to function adequately. By abolishing the market, Marx abolished the categories that define the productive producers, quality of goods, demand, objective price and earnings. He actually beheaded the economy. Marx was aware of it, and so he offered a substitute for the market economy with a planned economy based on people’s consciousness. The idea of a planned economy was correct, but only if it is democratically formed, because it is the only way to follow the needs of the people. Without computer technology, a democratically planned economy could not be implemented successfully, leading authorities to seize power.
The consciousness Marx called upon is an idealized construct that cannot be explicitly defined, allowing everyone to interpret it as they wish. Even the worst murderer could find an excuse in his conscience for the crimes he commits. A system cannot be based on idealized values. Idealism also contradicts Marx’s materialist philosophy.
Lenin used Marx’s philosophy to perform the socialist revolution. Still, he completely removed Marx’s notion of equality, claiming that workers had not developed enough knowledge and consciousness and therefore must be guided. Under Lenin's influence, all socialist states typically had the same presidents throughout a lifetime, who imposed their will on the people often more than kings could. People who lack the freedom to bring their being to life cannot be productive. And so socialism has formed a very inefficient and unhealthy economy that destroyed socialism and the left political and economic orientation.
Even today, many social scientists naively expect a revolution that will change the Western world. Revolution cannot bring about positive results because no violence can deliver them. Marxism would not be allowed to preach at universities if it could threaten capitalism. It even seems to me that capitalism supports Marxism because it puts the Left progressive forces on the wrong path. Capitalism invests tremendous energy in brainwashing people, after which they cannot recognize good ideas. If ideas appear that could challenge capitalism, capitalism's economic power blocks them, preventing them from reaching the public.
So where is the exit?
Marx did not see that abolishing the market economy not only ends the exploitation of workers but also eliminates the only possible basis for a healthy economy. The problem with the market economy is not too much market, but rather not enough, because the labour market is entirely undeveloped. Marx should have advocated for reducing working hours in proportion to the unemployment rate, allowing the market to align the supply and demand of labour and income levels within acceptable intervals for both workers and capitalists.
A developed labour market requires that each worker have free access to every public workplace at any time. It is possible to realize that, in public companies, a worker who offers the highest productivity, greatest personal responsibility, and the lowest price for work should be hired at every workplace.
The developed labour market will profoundly advance the “invisible hand,” integrating today’s unthinkable balance into the process of work division and bringing enormous benefits to society as a whole. It will abolish the privileges and exploitation Marx complained about, as no one can exploit the people who could assume the role of “exploiters” at any time. The labour market will abolish privileges and the socially devastating corruption they bring.
Free choice in work will allow work to become a value in itself, and people will find far greater satisfaction in work than they do today. Only then can the association of free producers Marx called for emerge. In the end, the best workers at every public workplace will achieve higher productivity than private companies can, leading the work market to end capitalism. A developed market is the best allocation of work possible, but I would also add that it is the only good one. It presents the only viable path to socialism and a better society. These are successes that revolution and imposed ideology cannot achieve.
The new economy requires precise monitoring of job offers and of the defined responsibilities of all workers, which cannot be achieved without computer technology. For this reason, Marx could not think about developing the labour market. A greater desire than technological capabilities directed Marx and the Left in the utterly wrong way.
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The solution for humanity requires a radical change in the whole society we live in. This change must be acceptable to all people equally, or it will inevitably lead to discord in society sooner or later. It must be based on equal rights for all people. It must follow the nature of society and respect the environment that surrounds us. It must effectively meet the needs of individuals and the community as a whole. Dear readers, it may seem that such a society cannot be achieved; however, I have defined it on this website.
On the path to creating a good society, I had to reject the social sciences almost entirely because they are on the wrong track and cannot offer a good solution. I approached building a good community the same way car designers approach building a good car. My method is based on systems engineering, logic, and wisdom. I explored how the most rational political and economic input of people would bring the maximum output for society. Fuel for social activities will be based on a more economic market and a more political market than capitalism can afford, ensuring it is relegated to a historical footnote. Once society accepts it, the new labour and policy market will establish equilibrium. The new political economy I designed will place people as the highest value. The new system will, in a completely original democratic way, solve social problems in society and make this world a beautiful place to live.
I’ve worked on the new system for 30 years. Social scientists do not accept me because their knowledge is based on 19th-century authorities. Can you imagine a supercar designer who follows the design of 19th-century carriages? Moreover, they do not understand the optimal engineering principles behind my work. In the end, I must say that the system I have proposed also abolishes the privileges of social scientists, which is why they avoid my ideas, even though they are the only good solution for humanity. The lack of support for my work endangers society and prevents a bright future for humankind.
Aleksandar Šarović
April 27,.2011
References:
Aleksandar Šarović, Has Antichrist Come?
Matthias Rath: Codex Alimentarius Commission – A Threat to Humankind
WHO/FAO Report, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases
Aleksandar Šarović, The Future of Economics
Aleksandar Šarović, The Future of Democracy
Aleksandar Šarović, The Future of Values