You have to be careful with this. Gorbachev tried it with disastrous results, of course, however, in highly specific historical context. Workers voted for management offering more pay when production was declining and hoarding already pandemic. To paraphrase Sam Huntington, from his Trilateral Commission report "The Crisis of Democracy," there are times when democracy does not help. Conversely, the Latvian Riflemen would be an example of workers (in this case soldiers) effectively running and electing managers (officers). They successfully staved of the Whites and foreign interventions until the Red Army, based on an entirely different, and undemocratic model, was created....
Jeffrey Sommers, Assistant Professor Department of History North Georgia College & State University Dahlonega, GA 30597 Ph.: 706-864-1913 or 1903 Fax: 706-864-1873 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Research Associate, World History Center Northeastern University, Boston Url: www.whc.neu.edu Research Associate Institute of Globalization Studies, Moscow http://www.iprog.ru/en/ -- Jeff on 2/12/04 21:42, Doug Henwood at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Michael Perelman wrote: > >> Marx represents an important boys in that tradition. He believed that >> the rise of the corporate form would provide the basic infrastructure >> for a socialist society. This part of his work, of course, conflicted >> with the other part that promotes socialism from below. > > Not really - if shareholders could hire managers, why not the workers? > > Doug
