I continue to view these "ideologies" as a toolset
I've been reading a bit about the various flavors of Socialism. One of them is called Market Socialism, LOL. So, there are Socialists who realize that the Market can be a tool for providing better social outcomes, so long as the Market is kept on an appropriate leash.
Well, I've got a similar point of view about the interaction between Anarchism and Socialism. I'm trying to think of the right term for it, and maybe somebody already thought of one, but Anarcho-Socialism? Socialists who realize that Anarchism can be a tool for providing better social outcomes?
So there must be some sort of Anarcho-Market-Socialism. In which Socialists realize that social ownership of the means of production must be tempered by both Market solutions and Anarchist solutions.
Each of these tools has its pros and cons, and there are probably pragmatic solutions that involve Markets and Anarchism and Socialism, each within its own sphere, as though we had a Venn diagram showing an intersection of all three.
Which, is, in fact, the reality, under all forms of government. We all live under various strains of Anarcho-Market-Socialism, whether we realize it or not. Different cultures and different geographic regions have different proportions of these three tools. Some countries weight the Market heavily, others weight Socialism heavily. Anarchism sort of sneaks in wherever the other two tools are less utilized.
Why can't all three tools get along, inside a cultural toolbox that is democratically informed, with appropriate civil liberties and an independent judiciary, overseen by an independent press.
An all-of-the-above culture of semi-governance. I mean, it is what we all live under anyway, wherever we are, we just don't recognize it as such.
Well, I've got a similar point of view about the interaction between Anarchism and Socialism. I'm trying to think of the right term for it, and maybe somebody already thought of one, but Anarcho-Socialism? Socialists who realize that Anarchism can be a tool for providing better social outcomes?
So there must be some sort of Anarcho-Market-Socialism. In which Socialists realize that social ownership of the means of production must be tempered by both Market solutions and Anarchist solutions.
Each of these tools has its pros and cons, and there are probably pragmatic solutions that involve Markets and Anarchism and Socialism, each within its own sphere, as though we had a Venn diagram showing an intersection of all three.
Which, is, in fact, the reality, under all forms of government. We all live under various strains of Anarcho-Market-Socialism, whether we realize it or not. Different cultures and different geographic regions have different proportions of these three tools. Some countries weight the Market heavily, others weight Socialism heavily. Anarchism sort of sneaks in wherever the other two tools are less utilized.
Why can't all three tools get along, inside a cultural toolbox that is democratically informed, with appropriate civil liberties and an independent judiciary, overseen by an independent press.
An all-of-the-above culture of semi-governance. I mean, it is what we all live under anyway, wherever we are, we just don't recognize it as such.