Yes. I’m sure there are many reasons why, but one I’ve been thinking about recently is the idea of ownership. When capital is the only idea of ownership, that’s a problem. Labour is just as, or more important, and people doing the work should have a say in things. We still need capital (ie. things) but just because you own a building doesn’t mean you should get to dictate everything that happens with a venture. Collective ownership of capital and labour seems a good system. I don’t necessarily mean that the government owns things, but rather groups of people owning the buildings, machines, etc. More of a cooperative structure. Just something to prevent a single person owning everything, dictating to the workers, and using the resulting capital + labour to buy and own even more things… Leading to what we are all living through now.
Yes. I’m sure there are many reasons why, but one I’ve been thinking about recently is the idea of ownership. When capital is the only idea of ownership, that’s a problem. Labour is just as, or more important, and people doing the work should have a say in things. We still need capital (ie. things) but just because you own a building doesn’t mean you should get to dictate everything that happens with a venture. Collective ownership of capital and labour seems a good system. I don’t necessarily mean that the government owns things, but rather groups of people owning the buildings, machines, etc. More of a cooperative structure. Just something to prevent a single person owning everything, dictating to the workers, and using the resulting capital + labour to buy and own even more things… Leading to what we are all living through now.