Communism and Captialism are equal

I came to this realization of this by deconstructing the ideas of Socialism. I came to the conclusion that both can be bad or good, but it depends on who's hands it is in. If the person who is head of a company or a head of nation cares about people, and not power, then the little man will be happy.If the person wants power, than the little man will suffer. This is true in either cases of government.

1. I retract that and propose instead the phrase more in line with what I intended, "Communism can only sustain a low standard of living." Granted, I can't define exactly how low, it depends upon various factors I don't know, like whether or not there happens to be massive amounts of food, shelter, air conditioning units, et cetera laying around, and how dedicated the people working within a communist framework are to make it work. But the standard is lower than the current standard of living.

First part of 2 is thereby irrelevant.

There's a difference between needs and wants, but not with respect to economics. If you need something to live, that doesn't necessarily mean you want it. If you need something you don't want, someone else is defining your needs as if they were your wants and giving you things they believe you "need" that you don't want. Needs economically are urgent wants.

I contest the statement that it has never been ethically or morally right or acceptable to be greedy and want things. You have been socially conditioned to believe it is, that doesn't mean it has always been. You live in a different culture from mine. In the circles I travel in off the internet, people understand, respect, and don't care that I care about myself first and others second. It is certainly socially acceptable where I am.