• @[email protected]
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    51 year ago

    If Workers democratically and decentrally decide things, it’s central planning, and not only is it central planning, it’s more centralized than if they had no say whatsoever a la Capitalism?

    I’m sorry, I don’t subscribe to mental gymnastics like that. I prefer decentralization and democratization over letting the few control everything unopposed except by each other.

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      1 year ago

      I didn’t say the workers decided things, I said they had a right to, and then alluded to the diplomatic issues that creates… In fact, I heavily implied they can’t realistically make decisions when I said the group decides things on their behalf.

      Central Planned Economy: an economy where decisions on what to produce, how to produce and for whom are taken by the government in a centrally managed bureaucracy.

      In socialism, the market is controlled by the state. This fits the definition of central planning perfectly.

      In capitalism, the market is not controlled by a centralized bureaucracy.

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        11 year ago

        You followed an arbitrary logical chain to depict one form of Socialism, yes.

        In Capitalism, the market is controlled by Capitalists, who represent a minor fraction of the population. In Socialism, the economy is controlled by everyone.