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?
people have always been opening restaurants and the like, I don't think any kind of government or socio-economic system could really stop that. You can prevent certain kinds of people, sure, but you can't just stop all ventures.