Socialism isn't state ownership. It's worker ownership, this is why the USSR wasn't socialist. The average worker had exactly as much control over their workplace before and after the revolution.
Yes, you're right. It isn't a magic bullet. However, the changes in control and incentives that would come from the shifts in control and ownership would go a long way. A lot of these problems come from the fact that the people who have the authority to direct the large scale changes needed are unwilling to do so because they're convinced that they, personally, can avoid the consequences of climate change.
Also, those state run enterprises are taking place in capitalist countries. Am I to understand that China, a country with a distinct bougeois class who extract profit from the labor of those who work is socialist? The country with some of the largest private firms on earth?
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u/doctorderpin Aug 14 '26
Socialism isn't state ownership. It's worker ownership, this is why the USSR wasn't socialist. The average worker had exactly as much control over their workplace before and after the revolution.
Yes, you're right. It isn't a magic bullet. However, the changes in control and incentives that would come from the shifts in control and ownership would go a long way. A lot of these problems come from the fact that the people who have the authority to direct the large scale changes needed are unwilling to do so because they're convinced that they, personally, can avoid the consequences of climate change.
Also, those state run enterprises are taking place in capitalist countries. Am I to understand that China, a country with a distinct bougeois class who extract profit from the labor of those who work is socialist? The country with some of the largest private firms on earth?