We could reduce energy and materials cost of global production worldwide to 30% current capacity by planning production instead of leaving it to the market, and greatly increase the standard of living for everyone on this planet. But first we have to get rid of capitalism and institute democratic socialist planning.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7n1POfYMo1I3kcy0oqSm6l?si=8ikYVJN8TIupvjoaCMRssA

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 28 points 8 months ago (29 children)

But first we have to get rid of capitalism and institute democratic socialist planning.

All strains of Socialism are democratic, it's a bit redundant to include unless you're trying to emphasize the democratic factor as opposed to our current system.

[–] MBM 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Democratic socialism (DemSoc) is a specific term (not to be confused with SocDem). Unless your point was that DemSoc is a bad term?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

DemSoc itself is a bad term. It either is used to refer to Reformist Socialism (which is an impossibility and thus akin to astrology) or to pretend Marxist Socialism isn't democratic, advocating for factionalism and other possibilities of Socialism itself being destroyed by international moneyed interests and domestic wreckers.

[–] CazzoneArrapante@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are you some kind of maximalist?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

In what manner?

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