methods to socialism (was Re: taxes)

[Gordon Fitch]

>>>> Often, unions could achieve the socialist ideal of worker
>>>> ownership and control of the means of production by buying
>>>> a controlling interest in the corporations where they work.

Jordan Hayes:
>>>  What's your take on what has happened over at UAL?

Gordon Fitch:
> >As far as I can understand the situation, the workers there
> >do not actually control the business, although they may
> >nominally own it.

Doug Henwood:
> That's true of most ESOPs - they're mainly tax shelters or efforts to 
> unload turkeys on workers, with little actual control transferred.

So, suppose unions bought stock they could vote.  What then?