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Two things. Wage slavery and lack of ownership of the means of production are huge problems, among many other problems. However, there is no single, prescript
by hexbinencoded 6y ago
Two things.
Wage slavery and lack of ownership of the means of production are huge problems, among many other problems.
However, there is no single, prescriptive utopian panacea; this would be an unserious, rhetorical ejaculation. If it "worked," anarcho-syndicalism would be everywhere. What works sustainability in the real-world is between socialism and strongly-regulated capitalism, but with highly-engaged participants and co-operative owners who get dividends and a stake.
Banks need to exist, but not as they are predominantly in concentrated wealth, power, chicanery, Wall St. speculation, and economic warfare. Credit unions, nonprofit networks and investment funds.
In order to make any lasting changes, first the power expressed by the 100k or so of the $100M+ to billionaires must be removed as the aristocratic cabal who buy power outright through lobbyists, politicians, tax dodges, PACs, and legislation favorable to themselves. Any real change must first eliminate the influence of their reckless, antisocial, vampiric greed.