Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Capitalism, Socialism, Co-operativism

"Workers of the world unite!" may be the rallying cry of Marxism, but in passages such as "hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening", from the German Ideology, the ultimate goal of the doctrine is the same as that of most varieties of Capitalism--the Leisure of the Individual.  In other words, in Marxism, any Fellowship of Work is a mere means, i. e. Class Consciousness is a stage en route to a Class-less Society.  Marxists, thus, do not consider that Creativity and Sociality are ends-in-themselves, the drives towards which are instinctual.  Accordingly, like most varieties of Socialism, Marxism collectivizes Property, but not activity.  Thus, in contrast, is what can be called Co-operativism, based on the example of a Co-op, which collectivizes both Property and Work, with both dimensions of equal value.

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