Macro Socialism, Micro Capitalism

Political vs. Economic.

Considering the question of socialism vs. capitalism, we need to distinguish macro/political issues from those that are micro/economic.

Micro/economic issues ask what is the most efficient way to allocate resources, including and especially scarce resources, in a society?  What is the best way to enhance the standard of living? At this level, private property and supply/demand works best; therefore, at the micro/economic level, some type of (controlled and retrained) capitalism seems to be the best choice.

The macro/political level issues ask how should society be organized; what is the fundamental raison d’etre of your political system?  Does the economy exist to serve the people or the other way around?  Here, macro/political socialism is best – society should be organized to serve the interests of “the people” (the ethny – race and civilization), not the economy; a nation-state is more than an economy, the state should not prioritize the interest of the wealthy and major corporations, and “economic growth” should not be the driving force of decision-making. We should reject laissez-faire solutions, and opt for state-control, to a degree, a restraint of the capitalist micro/economic system so as to make sure that the economy serves the people, not the opposite. This is Political Socialism – an organized society in which economic activity is subordinated to, and controlled for, the interests of the nation.  At its lower levels, this economy can certainly include capitalist organization – private property, supply/demand, stock markets and banks, private investment, etc.- but that exists only as long as it serves the objectives of national prosperity and enrichment. The economy is the food of the nation, it is sustenance, not the purpose of existence, and it is means not ends. There can and should be a social safety net (for one’s own people, not racial and cultural aliens), and the wealthy should not be too wealthy and they should not control the economy and the political system.

When Yockey talked about “Ethical Socialism” he was talking about, and promoting, macro-level Political Socialism (akin to Spengler’s “Prussian Socialism”), not Marxism – in fact it is anti-Marxist, as was the socialism of National Socialism. When I criticize capitalism that is more about wealthy rent-seekers and “woke” corporations, not the small business owner or an individual investing in the stock market for retirement.

Politically, we should be socialist, but at the level of everyday economics, elements of capitalism can be reasonable, properly restrained constrained to meet the national interest.


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