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: Ah, the crucial problem here is that capitalism is, in
: fact, antithetical to the notion that each and every one
: of us are responsible for the good of the whole. At it's
: foundation is the concept of profitting from another
: persons labor. It is a system that is inherently divisive
: keeping the many stepping all over each other to grab at
: the few (and getting fewer) crumbs tossed our way. All that capitalism means is that you have the right to own property and the right to do what you want with what's yours (within certain guidelines.) What actually occurs depends on people's choices. You can choose not to exploit others. You can choose to have social responsibility. You can choose to boycott companies that do exploit people.
: I believe that we need a system that encourages a
: compassionate and just society, wherein the good of the
: community is tended to by all of its members. I see that
: this is utterly impossible under the capitalist system. I
: think that what we need to work towards are worker owned
: collectives, a system of shared responsibility and shared
: benefit. I'm not advocating "socialism" as was practiced
I support the idea of co-operatives too. But I think they should be voluntary. In your society, would workers be allowed to sell shares in their collectives if they want to provide themselves with more security and opportunity? What would you do with people who want to trade with people on their own terms? If you would not use coercion, you are advocating a free market capitalist economy where the people are informed and active.
: by Eastern Europe, for that system did nearly as little
: for the good of its people as does amerikan capitalism,
: what with athoritarian government and wholesale disregard
: for natural resources and environmental health. Instead,
: I advocate a whole new way of relating to each other. A
: way based on personal freedom, mutual aid, compassion and
: respect for the earth that sustains us. If you need to
: label this vision, Anarcho-syndicalist will do.
: In Solidarity----ani
