My broader vision: *Social ownership of the productive apparatus
*Democratic control (one person, one vote) of both the productive apparatus, the product of labour and the distribution of goods and services *Production based on use and need, not commodity production for profit *Planning based on how many goods and services are removed from the social store and how long the producers want to work doing socially necessary labour to replenish them *Principle of "living in harmony with the Earth" i.e. production/consumption but not to the point of environmental destruction *Equality, not only in political/economic power (which essentially destroys hierarchical power) but also under the laws which the classless society determines are necessary to enforce *All tending towards creating a society where the condition for the freedom of each is the condtion for the freedom of all That's the socialism I want. Regards, Mike B) --- Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, that is easy. The problem is to go from there > to a broader vision of > society. ===== ***************************************************************** "the Council Republic is not the culmination of everything, and even less does it stand for the most perfect form in which humans can live together. However the Council Republic is a prerequisite for the reconstruction of culture, because it makes possible the liquidation of the state. It must be the task of the revolutionary of today to work for the Council system and the Council Republic". (Der Ziegelbrenner) http://profiles.yahoo.com/swillsqueal __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree
