Jan 14, 2024 12:19:58am

What Ikeda says is right, but notice what his argument does not imply: that democratic socialism will fail in all contexts. His critique addresses the application of democratic socialism to a large-scale heterogeneous group. But if we think about very small, more homogeneous groups, something like democratic socialism can work. Not only can it work; it largely does work within such small groups all throughout the modern liberal, capitalist order. In fact, the liberal order can be seen as the unplanned interaction of lots of little socialist institutions.

Jan 14, 2024 12:19:42am

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=evd4_gm1Bl4&si=3uZC5SH-Sy0BOjhy

Updated Jan 14, 2024 12:14:25am

Jan 14, 2024 12:14:25am

It's likely that socialism works best for small populations like Cyprus, when there is cash coming from outside (through globalization in our case). That's what they do in Twin Oaks town in the USA.

Jan 14, 2024 12:11:15am

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Updated Jan 14, 2024 12:08:40am

Jan 14, 2024 12:08:40am

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Updated Jan 14, 2024 12:02:54am

Jan 14, 2024 12:02:54am