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Sure, but I'm no doctrainaire on this Larry Send a noteboard - 05/10/2012 01:13:19 AM
What would you say are the benefits of syndicalism over socialism?


Main benefit is the decentralization would disarm most (granted, not all) tendencies toward authoritarian/autocratic policies that would privilege some members of the group at the expense of others. This is an ideal state, however; humans aren't quite ideal, so it's more something that I prefer than something I expect to see occur in my lifetime.

Other ancillary benefits would be greater worker involvement in the decision-making and the lack of over-production/under-production problems that state/planned economies frequently encountered.

Do current syndicalist theories in any way mitigate libertarian complaints about unions, or do they rather oppose the validity of those complaints in all their forms?


Pretty much the latter, since many likely would see libertarianism as a cover for laissez-faire capitalists, with just a few sops for those who like their gold standard and weed ;)

Is there a better question I should have question?


Why is binary political views so asinine but few want to delve further into eliminating them?
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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Am I missing that point? I thought I said clearly enough that I thought Romney was better. *NM* - 07/10/2012 08:47:42 PM 413 Views
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