I agree that the primary struggle in American politics is between socialism and capitalism and that Bernie and at least 1/3 of Americans are dim enough to prefer the former. In fact, pretending what they promote is anything but the end of American freedom and prosperity is naive at best.
so·cial·ism
/ˈsōSHəˌlizəm/
noun
- a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
- (in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of Communism.
a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole
What problem do you have with businesses being run by a majority of workers instead of the richest one percent of shareholders/stakeholders?
You are an idiot! It doesn't mean the workers(you) will own or run anything. You are the workers and the "Community" is just another word for the Politicians with the Power to force you to work (for the commune) or find "other options for you". If you are unable to produce in a socialist society you are not needed, if you don't follow the Ideology you are a dissident and must be eliminated.
You are an idiot! It doesn't mean the workers(you) will own or run anything. You are the workers and the "Community" is just another word for the Politicians with the Power to force you to work (for the commune) or find "other options for you". I
Have you been in a coma for the last thirty years?
Democratizing the Workplace through “Worker Self-Directed Enterprises”
"Contemporary capitalism no longer 'delivers the goods' (which is understood as a rising standard of real wages) to the majority of people.
"That classic defense of its instability (e.g. recurrent bouts of unemployment), its deepening economic, political, and cultural inequalities, and its attendant injustices is no longer plausible.
"In the U.S. since the 1970s, and especially since 2007, those who control the dominant capitalist enterprises have made decisions that
undermined the delivery of rising standards of living to the mass of people..."
"We therefore propose reorganizing enterprises such that workers become their own bosses. That means placing the workers in the position of their own collective board of directors, rather than having directors be non-workers selected by major shareholders.
"This is
not primarily a matter of workers as owners of these enterprises, nor primarily as managers. It is the tasks of
direction—the decision-making now assigned usually and primarily to corporate boards of directors and only secondarily to the major shareholders who choose them—that must be transferred to the workers collectively.
"We call such enterprises
worker self-directed enterprises (WSDEs).
They embody economic democracy by locating it first and foremost inside the enterprises producing the goods and services upon which society depends.
"WSDEs represent the goal; and their growth and proliferation represent the mechanism to transition from the present capitalist system to a far better next system."