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I think actually the inverse is true; that market socialist systems would quickly evolve into capitalist systems. The main reason is that the capitalist benefit
by missedthecue 4y ago
I think actually the inverse is true; that market socialist systems would quickly evolve into capitalist systems. The main reason is that the capitalist benefits from what economists call the free rider problem, while communal projects don't get the same benefits. And there is no way to prevent some enterprising individual from capitalising on it and outcompeting all of the socialist firms without an enforcement mechanism such as the state to punish them when they do so.
- lasfter 4y agoI think you're misunderstanding what anarchy is supposed to look like. How does one capitalize in an anarchist society divorced from capitalism? As in, what does capital mean? What does it mean to profit? How can one "outcompete" a "socialist firm"? When there is no money or private property, every firm belongs to everyone who wants it. Why is a state necessary to punish hierarchies? Presumably in an anarchist world, people have learned to distrust and dislike hierarchies on principle, refuse to partake in it and join together to punish those who do.