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Well, for what it's worth democracy doesn't scale without force either. Somebody, i.e. the state, has a monopoly on violence, to protect our property. In any ca
by asimpletune 3y ago
Well, for what it's worth democracy doesn't scale without force either. Somebody, i.e. the state, has a monopoly on violence, to protect our property. In any case, you're just talking about state based socialism, like marxism.
But there are other forms of socialism that do just fine and are alive today, like syndicalism. They work because they don't rely on a government to exist, correctly recognizing their power in industry.
The best years of America for the middle class were when there was a good balance between decent paying, unionized manufacturing jobs and the customers who chose to pay higher prices and get American products.
- namlem 3y agoSyndicalism in practice is closer to capitalism than socialism, and the syndicates are the de facto state.
- sokoloff 3y agoThere was a time when paying for US-made products was paying for better quality products (among other properties). As offshore manufacturing got better, buying American became much higher percentage “feel good” and much lower percentage “get better product”. Right now, there are some product categories where the highest-quality product in the world is not capable of being produced in the US.
- _mlbt 3y agoSadly true. There are also major product categories that are literally impossible to buy US made goods in even if you're willing to pay the premium for it. Additionally, many of the "US made" products are merely assembled here from foreign made components.