• fx8690gii [he/him, he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Isn't this supposed to be rebranding socialism to appeal to libertarians?

        • T_Doug [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Cooperative ownership of firms, while still maintaining Capitalism, means that workers will now be able to Democratically vote on who to fire during recessions, and will be able to collectively decide to reduce wages to maintains their firms competitiveness. It's arguably more democratic and less cruel, but it's not socialism.

          Here's a decent article on Mondragon Co-Op , and why it's experience shows that worker ownership cannot succeed on Capitalism's terms.

          • socialistbusdriver [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            The negative impact of such inequalities on social solidarity was made painfully evident in the former Yugoslavia, which had implemented full market socialism. The uneven distribution of historic and geographic advantages meant that inequalities across firms were also expressed regionally.

            yeah, it's probably not fair to blame the entirety of the Yugoslav wars on market socialism, but it definitely exacerbated the issue.

        • Qelp [they/them,she/her]
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          4 years ago

          The only thing that it implies is that managers are voted for, which doesn’t make it socialism.

    • Rojo27 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah, it's just poking fun at the idea. If you check the out on social media you'll see they have more like this.

    • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      I think the idea is something along the lines of:

      1. Point out the obvious flaws in capitalism
      2. Label your alternative "real" capitalism, because Americans are so brainpoisoned by a century of anticommunism that calling them insufficiently capitalist can be wielded against them