If people are going to flame one another in this thread, I might as well close it.
Feel free to debate and discuss, disagree and dispute. But if anyone wants to say, "your ideas suck and you suck for not agreeing with me", then they can do it somewhere else. Heed the words of Dr Unne if there's still any doubt about what goes and what doesn't.

My thoughts?

Communism is good in theory - universal equality and whatnot - but human weakness, especially greed, is so strong that it's almost always going to undermine the system. Like anarchy, communism is dependent on everyone being nice and moral. As soon as one person wants to have more power, things turn sour. Capitalism sometimes actively promotes exploitation, oppression and amoral pursuits; those notions can lead to success within the capitalistic system.[q=Martyr]In my opinion, anybody who hasn't reached lower middle class by the age of 45 should be neutered, at the very least.
[/q]People lose money without being incompetent, sometimes. Lots of times, actually. Financial collapses, high-risk investments, even something like getting an expensive education can lead to poverty. If you judge someone's "worth" as a human being based on how much money they have, then the amoral financial perspective has taken dominance. Money indicates nothing more than a person's ability to acquire capital.

No system is perfect, as people are often imperfect. Communism is imperfect, to the point where a 'truly communist' state has never really existed. Capitalism is also flawed, as its theory undermines the value of human life - in fact, the value of all life and non-profiteering ventures.

So what's the solution, then?
Simple: Everyone decides what they want to believe in. If enough people want to live in a particular way, then the democratic process will let that way come to dominance. It's petty that one system should feel compelled to annihilate everything that disagrees with its own dogma.

Now, no more insults or abuse from anyone. This thread's gone wildly off-topic as it is; don't give me an extra excuse to close it.