I have traditional conservative values, but i'm probably more a communist than a capitalist. Is this insanity?

If you desire a world where traditional family values flourish, why would a world where everything is for sale, and the hierarchy is not based on who is the most kind and noble, but who is the best at making money (which the love of is the root of all evil)??? I'm not a communist, but more of like a "communalist" if that's a thing. I think we must work as a team.

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Reason10 · 70-79, M

Money the root of all evil?
https://www.capitalismmagazine.com/2002/08/franciscos-money-speech/

[c=BF0000]So you think that money is the root of all evil?” said Francisco d’Anconia. “Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil?[/c

Families in towns create communities. That is entirely voluntary. It makes small town living superior to the insane pace and high crime of the city.

I'm concerned about "communalism" morphing into COLLECTIVISM, which is the only real evil in the world.

Humans have worked together as a team for as long as there has been Capitalism. And CAPITALISM is the SOLE reason for the success of human activity.

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JollyRoger · 70-79, M

@Reason10 I have to disagree about your statement of Capitalism being the sole reason for the success of human activity as versus collectivism.

Collectivism is the reason we survive: If there is nobody to 'trade' with then what good is capitalism?
Collectivism is the concern for the welfare of your family, friends and neighbours. In times when people were shunned byi their commtunity they perished as they had nobody to work with, socialize with or even to trade with..
Collectivism gets a bad rap when you put it in the context of slackerds not contributing to the group OR when the choice of what you can do is limited by someone else dictating what you must do (rigid communism). On the other hand, capitalism has its bad side too: When the capitalist fails to reinvest in the community by hoarding goods and controlling prices/availability of them, dictating to whom the goods may be sold to and subjugating others to work for them at a dictated wage instead of a fair wage.
All people need encouragement to be involved with their society. It's when one or the other of these two economic systems becomes too forceful that society fails.

And: Money as the root of all evil relates mainly to avarice, lust for it and the disregard for the needs of those who do not have ienough of it to survive.