Socialism will never work because it’s founded on emancipation, and you can’t force people to emancipate themselves. That would be the opposite of emancipation.

I’m not sure if this is a quote, I can’t remember where I heard it.

"Emancipation" in this case meaning emancipation from wage slavery.

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[–] 11 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

ITT: People who don't know the definition of Socialism.

Socialism is simply when the workers of a business all equally share ownership of the business ("means of production") and thus have input on how the business is run.

Socialist businesses would still trade their goods in a marketplace, which could even be a "free market."

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago

    Aren't you describing a coop?

    One of the aspects of socialism is that production is undertaken to fulfill a social need, not to generate profit. But yes, I think you can have markets under a socialist system of production... but I'm no expert.

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