The contradiction that fuels polarization, by Gilmar Denck

One of the great errors of the socialist debate is to assign to capitalism the responsibility for people to value the results more than the effort.

But was this behavior born with capitalism?

When one chooses a socialist idea, it is because one believes that it will produce some result that one considers valuable. It can be more equality, security, justice or better living conditions. In other words, this person is also evaluating an idea for the results they hope to achieve.

the same mechanism. What changes are the results that each one values.

People do not stop looking for results because they defend another ideology.

The second contradiction arises when the State is assigned the task of correcting this supposed human defect.

But who is the state? It is a structure managed by people. People who also have interests, ambitions, convictions, limitations and incentives of their own.

If the problem lies in human behavior, why imagine that transferring decisions to the state will automatically solve the issue?

The state can establish rules, correct distortions and protect rights. But you are not immune to the problems you want to solve.

This is precisely where we need to get out of the ideological dispute and return to reality.

It is not enough to defend a system that promises to recognize the effort. We need to build mechanisms that stimulate competence, value contribution, recognize merit and expand the ability to generate results.

The challenge is not to eliminate human nature by decree. It is to organize human relationships so that individual interests can also produce collective benefits.