Thinking of Cuba and how a large portion of their workers are self employed through second jobs. Many of them seem to have an entrepreneurial spirit. Is there room for someone saying “I want to start a restaurant” and going to a workers council to see if the community needs it? My brother once said he doesn’t want socialism because it means “my dream of starting a business won’t ever happen.”

Is there a way for Socialism to accommodate an individual’s desire to initiate an enterprise without people getting exploited?

  • Llituro [he/him, they/them]
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    4 years ago

    That's the point though right? The question is, can socialism allow for people's "sense of enterprise?" The answer is "sure, if it's not being the oppression part that they're into." The nature of the current system doesn't really come into it.

    • CommieElon [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I’m using “entrepreneurial spirit” in the context of taking ownership of your labor by fulfilling a need in society. I’m trying to differentiate between entrepreneur in a capitalist society which is “I want to make a lot of money by hiring, directing, and managing people.”

      I think everyone has a small sense of enterprise, it just can’t be harnessed correctly with our structures. I think socialism can redirect an entrepreneurial spirit into something better.