Re: Market and Capitalist Socialism

[boddhisatva <kbevans@xxxxxxxxx>]

                To whom...,



        Chris brings up an excellent point about unequal accumulation of
capital, which, under a syndicalist market socialism, would certainly occur,
and probably to an unacceptable extent.  This focuses attention on the need
for socialist economies to be, in essence, super-markets.  Socialists have to
speed the pace of what capitalists say the market encourages - competing
technologies, multiple entries into profitable markets.  Considered with a
clear head, this is what central planners hope to do.  They hope to avert
both accumulation and stagnation by vigilance under the hood of the economy.



        I propose that a more likely situation would be the emergence of the
government as a capital supplier.  Governments, with their power to tax, are
uniquely situated to make loans - and collect.  If the government
aggressively lent (in a way similar to low-cost mortgage services here in the
U.S.) to syndicats, they could both keep down accumulation and (CP'ers)
effect private adoption of public policy.  This, done in combination with
much more aggressive anti-trust action, would keep market socialism
manageable and fair - not completely fair - but as fair as the cynical
proletariat is likely to allow the government to enforce fairness.




        peace


                boddhisatva





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