Mastodawn

@gimulnautti I'm all for socialists learning from past failures and doing some reappraisal.

For example, by acknowledging Soviet Russia was a Russian imperialist authoritarian state that in many ways was similar to the czarist regime before it, and the oligarchy that came after.

My suggestion would be to choose a name that highlights /how/ you intend to be different to past forms of socialism, rather than just titling it "neosocialism".

Democratic socialism? A reformed socialism that retains liberal institutions free and fair multiparty elections and an independent judiciary?

Participatory socialism? A reformed socialism that emphasises public participation in economic and government decision making?

Open-source socialism? A reformed socialism combined with open source movement ideals on technology and intellectual property?

Co-operative socialism? A reformed socialism that seeks to reorganise industry into consumer and/or producer co-operatives, giving customers and workers a direct say in the firms they use?

Nonprofit socialism? A reformed socialism where services are funded by the state through taxes, but are delivered through nonprofit organisations that are owned and controlled by beneficiaries?

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This Is My Glasgow Sep 10

These days, most money spent in the city disappears from its local economy. This isn't a political point, it's just an observation I find interesting and I wonder if it can help explain why Glasgow as a city now struggles in so many ways to make ends meet.

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This Is My Glasgow Dec 7, 2023

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This Is My Glasgow Dec 7, 2023

In the 1950s, more than 200,000 people in Glasgow, or about one fifth of its population, were members of a Cooperative Society, and they accounted for 10% of all retail sales in the city.

This meant Cooperative Societies were part of a massive circular economy where money earned in the city was spent in businesses owned by the people of the city and any profits made remained in the city's local econony.

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