I mean, it is done in practice. Syndicalism used to be a major strain, even, of leftist thought that essentially argued that taking over the economy via the establishment or conversion of firms to socialist principles was how socialism would be established.
Unfortunately, we’ve come a long way - and not in a good sense - since the heyday of unions in the 1910s and 1920s.
Having shares only makes sense if they can be bought and sold. I think we shouldn’t have shares. I think every company in the world should be structured as some form of volunteer organisation or nonprofit. The Aboriginal model has a proven success record spanning 60,000 years, so I think listening to Indigenous Australians is the best starting point we can get.
one thing that bothers me is that these things are never phrased in modern vocabulary
“the workers should own the means of production” --> “everybody*(?) should own some company shares”
* who is everybody? citizens? foreigners? children? idk
The thinking, when it’s expressed as shares, is generally “Every employee should own the company’s shares, rather than shares being bought and sold”
Mondragon Corp largely works like that, to my understanding.
yeah that’s already possible. cooperative companies are legal. then why don’t they be done in practice?
I mean, it is done in practice. Syndicalism used to be a major strain, even, of leftist thought that essentially argued that taking over the economy via the establishment or conversion of firms to socialist principles was how socialism would be established.
Unfortunately, we’ve come a long way - and not in a good sense - since the heyday of unions in the 1910s and 1920s.
Having shares only makes sense if they can be bought and sold. I think we shouldn’t have shares. I think every company in the world should be structured as some form of volunteer organisation or nonprofit. The Aboriginal model has a proven success record spanning 60,000 years, so I think listening to Indigenous Australians is the best starting point we can get.
made me think of this