Sunday, February 10, 2019

Capitalism v. socialism is a false choice

Is the title of David Korten's article in Yes magazine. That's why I talk about worldviews in my IR paper. The worldview is the organizing paradigm that integrates elements from both capitalism and socialism yet is a different paradigm from either. Korten points to the collaborative commons as the organizing paradigm, although he frames it more as economic democracy.

"The political and economic democracy we seek cannot be easily characterized as either capitalist or socialist. It is a system of substantially self-reliant local economies composed of locally owned enterprises and community-secured safety nets with responsibilities shared by families, charities, and governments. Such a system facilitates self-organizing to create healthy, happy, and productive communities. […] These communities will most likely feature cooperative and family ownership of businesses. They will also recognize the rights of nature and their shared responsibility to care for the commons and to share its gifts."

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