On 12/16/2021 at 1:25 PM, kerdios said:I think you are basically describing a co-op.
I am not very literate on the subject, but you are welcome to read about it more on wiki and then ellaborate on the difference between your suggestion and the current existing system:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative
Yeah, a workers cooperative seems pretty close to what I'm imagining on the ground level honestly, and funnily enough it references the Paris commune which is one of the inspirations for the idea, even if I should do more research on it.
In terms of wide scale implementation however it just scratches the surface of what can be done.
What I'm thinking, In a broad scale, is for there to be basically sub-governing bodies that are comprised of multiple smaller Cooperatives that elect representatives to do more large scale decision making in a form of congress.
Like lets say we have a couple of farmers Cooperatives in California or whatever, these organizations would jointly elect a representative for their corner of California, in a sort of big union meeting, who would meet up in LA or wherever to discuss matters such as political representation, expansion, and pool funds to aid worse off areas of the overall collective so that none of them are able to fall to a bigger capitalist organization or general bankruptcy.
Then this process can go a step further to encompass all of the united states, maybe even the world, and guarantee world wide workers rights by collectively lobbying across borders.
Something like that.