Comments on: Cooperatives Could Save Cuban Socialism http://ouleft.sp-mesolite.tilted.net/?p=1258 Changing Our Thinking, Changing Opinion, Changing the World Mon, 05 Dec 2022 21:47:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://ouleft.sp-mesolite.tilted.net/?p=1258#comment-1735 admin Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:28:52 +0000 http://ouleft.sp-mesolite.tilted.net/?p=1258#comment-1735 It's cooperative ownership, which serves as a bridge to the public ownership of socialism, and works well with it to develop the productive forces in a progressive way. It’s cooperative ownership, which serves as a bridge to the public ownership of socialism, and works well with it to develop the productive forces in a progressive way.

]]> By: Jay Jurie http://ouleft.sp-mesolite.tilted.net/?p=1258#comment-1734 Jay Jurie Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:20:47 +0000 http://ouleft.sp-mesolite.tilted.net/?p=1258#comment-1734 A small disagreement here over the definition of private property. A co-op is owned by its members or worker-managers. It's not owned by individuals, nor operated on the basis of private profit. In essence, it's socialist, not capitalist. A useful comparison is between a condominium and a housing cooperative. In a condo, each occupant owns his or her individual unit within a larger complex. It is consequently private property, a form of capitalist ownership. In a housing co-op, no one owns their own individual unit, all the occupants share ownership of the total property. Consequently, it's socially owned, or socialist. A small disagreement here over the definition of private property. A co-op is owned by its members or worker-managers. It’s not owned by individuals, nor operated on the basis of private profit. In essence, it’s socialist, not capitalist.

A useful comparison is between a condominium and a housing cooperative. In a condo, each occupant owns his or her individual unit within a larger complex. It is consequently private property, a form of capitalist ownership. In a housing co-op, no one owns their own individual unit, all the occupants share ownership of the total property. Consequently, it’s socially owned, or socialist.

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