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[reverendjeremiah]

I'm quite curious as to what your socialism entails rev. You talk a good bit about socialism in general and in other parts of the world, but I don't know if I've ever heard you describe the kind which you would want to see. Could you elaborate on the economic conditions, the social liberties, the role of government, the role of the people, etc.?

FINALLY! Somebody has asked...

My primary goal is syndicalism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndicalism

Syndicalism is a type of economic system proposed as a replacement for capitalism and an alternative to state socialism, which uses federations of collectivised trade unions or industrial unions. It is a form of socialist economic corporatism that advocates interest aggregation of multiple non-competitive categorised units to negotiate and manage an economy.

Mind you that I am negotiable. I am willing to vote for other types of libertarian left cooperatives, such as the American Green Party. I have some problems with European type socialism, but I find the grand scale of it to be positive and going in the right direction.

Chinese and Soviet type socialism I find to be utterly distasteful....more to come soon

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Could you elaborate on the economic conditions,

Well, it would pretty much mean anything goes. It would be as free as a market could be (slavery discounted of course) all types of trade would be accepted. foreign money, trade, barter, labor certificates, all managed by the individuals dealing with each other in the labor exchange, and not by some currency fiat system enforced by the state...in the sense that the word "state" means much less than we perceive it to be now if a syndicate was in place. Political borders would not mean much other than jurisdictional boundaries between trade unions, which may differ from trade to trade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_money

there will bo no stocks, no land ownership, no wall street, and no K street.

the social liberties,

Social liberties are to be maximised as much as possible. Social laws would be very basic; "Dont kill", "Dont steal", etc. the community would police itself, or, in the cases of larger communities, allow the detective trade union to handle the deduction of guilt or innocence. Since profit is no longer involved (as land is in common ownership and it is no longer a profit driven society) the law enforcement would have a much more reduced capacity for coruption. Those who are demed guilty of the law are put into sanitariums for their safety and the safety of the populace. The psychiatric trade will then step in to deduce the mental health of the individuals, ensure overal health, and try to retrain the offender to return to life in society. Drugs will be legalized.

the role of government,

the government will be replaced by labor councils and local councils. there will be no centralised government.

the role of the people, etc.?

to live their lives and work in a trade....could you be a bit more specific?