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Q: do you believe that there is a need for workers to seize the means of production? If the answer is "no", you're not part of the left and you're likely more
by tanderson92 10y ago
Q: do you believe that there is a need for workers to seize the means of production?
If the answer is "no", you're not part of the left and you're likely more of a liberal then.
- ptaipale 10y agoThis is completely tangential to the OP, but what do the "means of production" mean nowadays? It's more and more about intelligence, intelligence property, knowledge and brain power. The latter is clearly owned by the workers who have brains; how do you socialize or nationalize them? And how do you nationalize IPR?
- JakeAl 10y agoIt means power -- power to the people in the interest of constitutional equality and liberty, not a tyranny, aristocracy, oligarchy, or bad democracy. Aristotle said there are 6 kinds of government, 3 good ones and 3 bad ones. The bad ones are where the ruler rules in their own interest. The good ones are where the ruler rules in the public interest. How many people rule: In Tyranny - 1 person rules in their own interest Monarchy - 1 person rules in the public interest (a good tyrant is a monarch) Aristocracy - a few people rule in the public interest Oligarchy - a few people rule in their own interest Democracy - all people rule in the public interest Bad Democracy - all people rule in the interest of the majority and oppress the minority
- ptaipale 10y agoI don't see an answer to my question here. Let's take a few highly profitable corporations as examples. How do workers seize the means of production of Apple or Google? Particularly, how do they do it without destroying the said means?