"Central "Planning is really Holistic Planning.

Michael Pugliese debsian at pacbell.net
Sun Jan 20 12:06:42 PST 2002


Does direct democracy mean that, on the one hand, we would reduce the hours of necessary labor, only to fill the remaining hours up with "meetings"? I dont know, but it is a question worth considering.

Anyone have any thoughts on this question?

Thomas

Oscar Wilde quip in, "The Soul of Man Under Socialism, " , "The only problem with socialism is that it would take up too many evenings..."

The last SF DSA meeting (in the afternoon, went on for three hours) one of our older comrades, Betty, who went to the fSU, seven times from the early 70's till mid-perestroika elaborated the most naive picture of central planning under the fSU. Had never heard of any left (or Hayekian) critiques such as market socialism of the bureaucratic command economy. And, things were so great before Gorby that, "no one paid taxes, " to underwrite the very cheap rents for one's apt. It was so efficient, the state skimmed off the excess from the industrial sector to subsidize food and housing and education. And, "The kulaks were fascists..." Michael Pugliese



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