Isn’t that just the gig economy? Everyone is their own boss, and everyone is an entrepreneur, and everyone gets to choose their bosses (apps) who compete in the marketplace.
Ah yes, and I’m sure that everyone is going to be entirely willing to give up their clout and influence to begin again on completely even footing in the marketplace of ideas
Isn’t this supposed to be rebranding socialism to appeal to libertarians?
Doesn’t this imply that the means of production are owned by the workers?
The only thing that it implies is that managers are voted for, which doesn’t make it socialism.
Cooperative ownership of firms, while still maintaining Capitalism, means that workers will now be able to Democratically vote on who to fire during recessions, and will be able to collectively decide to reduce wages to maintains their firms competitiveness. It’s arguably more democratic and less cruel, but it’s not socialism.
Here’s a decent article on Mondragon Co-Op , and why it’s experience shows that worker ownership cannot succeed on Capitalism’s terms.
I think the idea is something along the lines of:
- Point out the obvious flaws in capitalism
- Label your alternative “real” capitalism, because Americans are so brainpoisoned by a century of anticommunism that calling them insufficiently capitalist can be wielded against them
I really hate that phrase “marketplace of ideas” what the fuck even is that?
Every single spherical frictionless homo economicus on the planet will get 13 PhDs in philosophy, sociology, polisci, and history and examine every idea proposed from first principles and then vote (with their dollar) on which one is the objective best without personal bias or consideration of their material conditions.
Also, none of these spherical rational actors are influenced by propaganda or logical fallacies of any kind.
