I would have a hard time describing my political affiliation. I would guess “leaning libertarian-socialist”, but I don’t fully subscribe to all so IDK in which category I fit in.
I like the idea of workers owning the means of production, but don’t like production for use (that never works). Simply remove the C-suite leeches and distribute their paycheck and parts of the profit among workers that actually produced them.
States and governments can stay and should mainly act as a developmental/economic guide. Taxes are okay, but they have to be spent in a way that benefits the public, not bailouts for banks or corporations. They should pay for social security, roads, healthcare, schools and universities, imports/exports, stuff like that.
I’m not foolish enough to believe that humans can behave themselves, so there needs to be a way to hold perpetrators accountable in front of a court of peers. But as long as somebody doesn’t harm or endanger someone else (or the environment because that affects everyone), they should be able to do whatever they damn please, including owning things.
There needs to be a wealth cap. Period.
Exceptions need to be made for goods and property that are required by everyone, like food, water and housing. Buying houses and apartments as assets is morally deplorable because all you do is enrich yourself on other’s basic needs.
Well I’m a lot more conservative but usually call myself progressive. I don’t blame corps or ceos, nor do I think large scale workers owning the means of production can work. It’s all a failure to regulate the markets, and a failure of tax policy
It wouldn’t take many changes to
restore a progressive tax ladder
reduce income inequality
add worker protections
mandate healthcare one away or another
Capitalism can be a useful function if the market is regulated for the good of the people. Power dynamics can be ok if there are protections against abuses. Wealth inequality can be a good force to drive capitalism if the excesses are moderated. But things like education and healthcare should be a right afforded to all citizens
You need an Elon musk to make Tesla happen, but that would still be true if he were limited to say ten times the income of his lowest paid employee, rather than 1,000,000 times whatever he’s at now.
You need a responsible government to guide the market toward long terms good that capitalism can’t handle.
You need a strong enough government to protect employees and consumers from corporate exploitation, and to prevent corporate ownership
And somehow we need to restore the effectiveness’s of the balance of powers we believed in for the last two centuries
I would have a hard time describing my political affiliation. I would guess “leaning libertarian-socialist”, but I don’t fully subscribe to all so IDK in which category I fit in.
So what am I?
I agree with all of that. I think of myself as a pragmatist.
A rational and compassionate human being.
Well I’m a lot more conservative but usually call myself progressive. I don’t blame corps or ceos, nor do I think large scale workers owning the means of production can work. It’s all a failure to regulate the markets, and a failure of tax policy
It wouldn’t take many changes to
Capitalism can be a useful function if the market is regulated for the good of the people. Power dynamics can be ok if there are protections against abuses. Wealth inequality can be a good force to drive capitalism if the excesses are moderated. But things like education and healthcare should be a right afforded to all citizens
You need an Elon musk to make Tesla happen, but that would still be true if he were limited to say ten times the income of his lowest paid employee, rather than 1,000,000 times whatever he’s at now.
You need a responsible government to guide the market toward long terms good that capitalism can’t handle.
You need a strong enough government to protect employees and consumers from corporate exploitation, and to prevent corporate ownership
And somehow we need to restore the effectiveness’s of the balance of powers we believed in for the last two centuries
Yeah that’s just democratic socialism or as it was coined in post Ww2 Germany: “market socialism”