Originally posted by Tigron-X
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Anyway, the idea is to have the general working public running the show.. Not some abstract and detached entity we call Government. If you want to call general working public controlling, and getting together in order to vote democratically on making decision in terms of production and resources, then sure. However, even in an anarcho-capitalist society I am sure this type of assembly would occur. Chomsky states, that if laissez-faire capitalism actually exists under true liberty, then he would technically be in support of that. The problem is that under the supposed "free-market," corporations tend to get way too big and limit democracy for the rest of us. They end up calling the shots, controlling resources and production, etc. That is why it's important for workers as a collective to own and run those companies and the general public to not be so lazy and irresponsible (aka form community assemblies to make important decisions). If we can't do that, we won't ever be truly free.
Originally posted by Jerome Scuggs
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I'm sure I didn't say everything I could say, or paint the whole picture. There is no doubt a lot of holes in what I have responded with, but even if I did paint the whole picture, there is no way anyone knows every single thing that needs to happen. As progress comes, you learn more and see what needs to be done, and what needs to be worked out. One thing is for sure--the ridiculously unjust capitalist world that we have today does not work, and it's not anywhere close to freedom or real democracy.
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