I see the meme of R.Wolff making fun of the idea that socialism is when 'the government does stuff'. I unironically thought... that was what socialism was...? Regulations, public programs, increased oversight by a body that isn't incentivised by profit? These are all government initiatives right?
Tell me why i'm wrong.
I don't want industries to be nationalised. Next time elections come around and conservatives win, they defund the industry, it crumbles, then they go "this looks like a job for the free market".
I want industries to be worker owned. Which ideally reverses this dependency pyramid. Now the industry can bully government into concessions.
Of course, some industries function best as public goods (education, healthcare and so on) and in that regard you don't have much choice, it's either nationalised or you're thrown to the wolves.
Fully agreed, but what does it mean 'worker owned'? Employees all have an equal say in direction of company, no CEO/board? Are there any real world examples we can point to as success stories?
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that's a good question, i'm not well read enough to give you an answer i fully trust, i think coops are a good start, my two cents are as long as there's a democratic process and every worker is on the board then you'll see working standards improve; heard good things about the Mondragon Corporation, stuff like that