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But something can be socialist even if it came about before the idea of socialism was put forth. Remote villages have lived in communistic systems but have no
by teclordphrack2 6y ago
But something can be socialist even if it came about before the idea of socialism was put forth.
Remote villages have lived in communistic systems but have no idea about the concept of communism.
- rsynnott 6y agoAre you using ‘socialism’ to mean ‘doing anything for the common good’? I mean, free education seems completely orthogonal to socialism as normally defined.
- teclordphrack2 6y agoHow so? Please give me your definition of socialism and reasoning for calling it "orthogonal" to free education.
- herbstein 6y agoNot the OP, but Socialism is generally concerned with democratic ownership of the means of production.
- mamon 6y agoLike stock options for employees?
- ben_w 6y agoOnly if the company doesn’t have any other shareholders. I think John Lewis is run like that? Devil is in the details, and I’ve never had reason to look closely in their case: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_Partnership https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_Partnership