No doubt you're right. It's for the same reason that you can't expect co-ops and/or labor unions to magically "save us from capitalism". But you need things like "community wealth building", "co-determination", and "first right of refusal" to let the workers buy out their bosses when the latter decide to retire and wind up their business…
No doubt you're right. It's for the same reason that you can't expect co-ops and/or labor unions to magically "save us from capitalism". But you need things like "community wealth building", "co-determination", and "first right of refusal" to let the workers buy out their bosses when the latter decide to retire and wind up their business affairs, all financed publicly. (Something that Bernie advocates, btw.)
Oh, on another side note, the latter, a publicly financed "first right of refusal" was promoted by the Swedish Social Democrats in the 1970s as a part of their long run vision for a fully post capitalism, socialist society. Jacobinmag had a great issue on the subject. Sadly, they got derailed by the rise of the Reagan-Thatcher tide of neoliberal revanchism.
No doubt you're right. It's for the same reason that you can't expect co-ops and/or labor unions to magically "save us from capitalism". But you need things like "community wealth building", "co-determination", and "first right of refusal" to let the workers buy out their bosses when the latter decide to retire and wind up their business affairs, all financed publicly. (Something that Bernie advocates, btw.)
Oh, on another side note, the latter, a publicly financed "first right of refusal" was promoted by the Swedish Social Democrats in the 1970s as a part of their long run vision for a fully post capitalism, socialist society. Jacobinmag had a great issue on the subject. Sadly, they got derailed by the rise of the Reagan-Thatcher tide of neoliberal revanchism.
Oh, and it was also part of Corbyn's program, too!