HereWeGoAgain
Diamond Member
Well those people could have set up a co-operative to do this but didnt do so. They turned to the state for help, presumably because the state had the money to do this. We have these deals all over Wales and they are always set up and run by the people rather than the government. Either way is fine but they are both variants of socialism.Let's not get it twisted...the people helped themselves..in the form of the City Govt.--This worked precisely because it reflected the people's will. Socialism, on that scale, works.The state has stepped in because capitalism has failed these people. Happens everywhere. Its socialism,its good.Well it is socialism. The town is interfering in the market. Its the right thing to do, its socialism in action.The town opening its own store after the last store closed is not socialism. Can another store open? If competition is prohibited it's socialism.
It isn't socialism, I know you need it to be but it is not. They are not keeping competition out, they are simply filling a void that exists. If another store opens, then the city store would shut down. Nice try though.
Socialism in the larger sense--in its political form...often does NOT reflect the people's will--rather it reflects an idealistic model; enforced by regulations that punish the people..rather than reflecting their will.
Capitalism did not 'fail' those people..it gave them lemons...so they made some lemonade.
I dont agree that both are socialism but co-ops do work.
In fact they're everywhere in rural Texas.