Post by @FrowingFostek@lemmy.world

2026-10-10 00:12 UTC

Restore the means of production to the commons. I’ll have to see what that means concretely. I’m not familiar with the idea. In my idea of how the government should be run, one would need to implement an extremely steep taxation structure. That would adversely effect a minority group within the nation enacting those laws. I feel that this action as a consequence would be authoritarian.

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@HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 2026-10-10 00:37

I agree with you, I believe. The difference being that the authoritarian nature be geared towards exclusively a group that is VOLUNTARILY JOINED and nothing else. If you want to own that much wealth, you get some fancy new governmental oversight and regulations. Congrats. I don’t believe that that has be “authoritarian” to the VAST majority of people. Well over 95%.

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@andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 2026-10-10 03:30

First, regarding recommoning the means of production: it’s not a single discrete thing, but rather a collection of economic and political policies and approaches. Look into is Solidarity Economies: this is a term that bundles together worker cooperatives, housing coops, public banks, credit unions, and all the other structures that allow groups of people to cut investors out of the critical institutions on which we rely. As for the other part: progressive taxation is not authoritarian and does not require authoritarianism.

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