I've addressed your "nuanced" view, polly, for years now. I'm waiting for a response.
Both you and Chomsky seem to think true socialism is capable of developing a sustainable economy, on the scale of Venezuela, not some small commune. I ask how? And you know how must address the the basic economic calculation problem...that was argued from the 1920s untill the socialist conceded in the the 90s that socialism cannot solve it, and so turned let capitalism fund its agendas. See, for example, the socialist Robert Reich's The Answer Isn’t Socialism; It’s Capitalism that Better Spreads the Benefits of the Productivity Revolution.
Chomsky is some combination of a platformist and syndicalist, as I understand it. He embraces a federal structure of governance. As to me, I am unsure on the whole size-of-society issue. Networks of small-scale communes, as embraced in Rojava, may indeed be best. I'm not sure. Still investigating that topic.Chris wrote:
Both you and Chomsky seem to think true socialism is capable of developing a sustainable economy, on the scale of Venezuela, not some small commune. I ask how?
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That's an interesting theory. I observe that, over time, nations are getting smaller while corporations are getting larger, to the point increasingly of outsizing nations. I believe that to be, on some level or other, a deliberate scheme to minimize the potential for government oversight and regulation of business.Peter wrote:
I think that is the future as we head into the debt-ridden collapse of the current system.
Ad over time, we will centralize power again.
It is a cycle.
Peter1469 (08-17-2017)
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