Let's Co-opefy The Economy, Decenter The Corporatocracy

submitted by EddieC from (self.LateStageCapitalism)

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[–]slushpilot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

"Soviet" means council. Very similar ideas as what you are proposing here. See also: Kibbutz.

[–]EddieC[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

a) "Soviet"=an elected governmental council in a Communist country
b) Kibbutz =a communal farm or settlement in Israel, a socialist economic organization based on the principle of state ownership of land

Co-ops are private, economic organizations, not public, political organizations.
Anyone can set up co-op right now - no changes to the political system or laws are necessary.
A community, depending on its size, may have multiple co-ops for a given activity as well as different co-ops for different activities.
"Co-opefy The Economy" would be a value shift for the entire population (not just a community) away from 0.01%-owned Corporations to build economic power for political leverage.

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"Soviet" means council.

The way the Soviets used the word "Soviet" is different from how we use it today. They called it the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for a reason: the term "soviet" by itself only referred to a government body (for example: the upper house of parliament in the Russian Empire was called the State Soviet).

A socialist soviet, on the other hand, was a council for the purpose of implementing Socialism; they managed public property, carried out the central government's economic plans, and forced workers to do hard labor for little or no pay.

Very similar ideas as what you are proposing here.

u/EddieC is proposing Syndicalism, not Communism. He ain't proposing any kind of government ownership of the means of production or a command economy, but rather: worker ownership of businesses within a market economy. Huge difference.

See also: Kibbutz.

Again, that's Communism, not Syndicalism.