Labor has been doing labor for hundreds of thousands of years. Clearly we can discount that as a driver of progress. Likewise, social ownership of the means of

Labor has been doing labor for hundreds of thousands of years. Clearly we can discount that as a driver of progress. Likewise, social ownership of the means of production has been the norm for many societies, even in Medieval Europe in some ways (e.g. community built and run flour mills, and laws that guaranteed access to mills for a nominal fee). It was capitalism - however imperfectly implemented, in the same sense that Venezuelan socialism is imperfect socialism - that provided the environment for industrial growth.