I don't really know what you are talking about. But I don't think what I've mentioned would necessarily lead to the outcomes you've detailed.
I was just providing an example of a system where companies where owned by everyone, and how that particular system worked.
First, there is no reason to limit the freedom of speech. And no reason to lock folks up either.
Well back then there was a good reason no a right reason mind you because i believe speech should always be free, but they needed to do it in order to stop any descent because as you might figure if you take from the rich and give to everyone there are some people not to happy about that. Especialy since the rich have connections, for example they took land from the church and so called nobility, they dint think it would be a good idea to leat them preach how they where wronged and everyone should band behind them.
Second, it's important to distinguish differently-derived profits. In my last post, I mentioned the increase in profits made possible by reducing employment upon the implementation of an alternate production process. These profits simply cannot be allowed to remain in the hands of the company owners. The effect of doing so is to concentrate wealth from the working class to the owning class; 'efficiencies' that simply concentrate wealth (and, in fact, do nothing else) are contrary to the interests of the public good and so no publicly controlled society (= democracy) should sensibly allow such.
Yea i think all this could be implemented with a income cap say everything above a million in private annual income is taxed at 100%
Finally, there is no reason why the price of highly-demanded goods should not increase as it already does in a typical supply-demand market system. In fact, I cannot see any way that prices could not increase unless being artificially controlled: as a good becomes more scarce, only those willing to pay more would win the bid to purchase it.
Well as i said profiteers where not liked back in the day in Yugoslavia, so increasing the price because of market demands, would increase your profit making sure you would have an inspector waiting at your door pretty soon. The system was basically set up so a poor mans income and a top rich mans income where at a ratio of 1:6 anything outside those parameters could get you in trouble. If i remember correctly my grandfather from my fathers side was imprisoned 3 times for profiteering . Couldent help himself we come from a region of hagglers.
A disgusting example of what happens when the gains from increased efficiency in labor are allowed to be concentrated.
Yea but it is what the capitalistic system stands for getting rich of the sweat and blood of others. Why should you pay for 850 extra workers when 150 do the job just fine in the end its all money out of your own pocket and we cant have that
But i think things will change during the next financial crisis, i hear there is a new housing bauble in the works, it shouldent take more then a few years do you think that this time people will still sing protest songs while the rich sip champagne and laugh at them
Christianity, One woman's lie about an affair that got seriously out of hand
What are the Christians gonna do to me ..... Forgive me, good luck with that.