[lbo-talk] How would democratic ownership and control move us towards serving human needs?

[Rick]

Right -- I totally agree.  I just don't understand how changing 
ownership relations would result in ending a system based on profit and 
instead produce for human and environmental needs.  I think for most of 
my life I've taken this association for granted but the more I think 
about it I'm not sure I get it.

On 1/23/2012 4:15 AM, Lew wrote:
> Rick wrote:
>
>> How exactly would
>> socialism end the dominance by the profit system and instead serve human
>> needs? It seems all it would do is change ownership relations.
>
> If the profit system is retained then it can be expected to reassert its
> dominance over human needs. The empirical evidence for this is
> overwhelming. From a Marxist theoretical perspective the answer is to
> completely remove the profit system and produce solely and directly for
> human and environmental needs.
>
> --
> Lew
>
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