#10 - Capitalism or Socialism?

The last element of my society I needed to design is the economy. Growing up in the United States and having a love of reading history I can’t help but criticize the way capitalism has spiraled out of control. There are major detriments to a capitalist nation. As much as I feel that the grass is greener on the other side in socialist countries, they unfortunately have drawbacks as well. I researched more into people’s trains of thoughts on the matter and found these statistics.

As you can see, the opinions of Americans are pretty much split down the middle. I couldn’t believe it. I thought there would be some difference but it seems the U.S.A. is just as torn as I am myself.

It is because of this research that I decided to make my utopia a middle ground between socialism and capitalism. I believe there is a way to negate the negative effects of each economic system. I have hope there could be common ground.