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A comment on Marxism vs. Liberalism: An Interview Between J.V. Stalin and H.G. Wells (1934). Parent comment

Re:Marxism vs. Liberalism: An Interview Between J.V. Stalin ... by dragonwriter on Monday February 21, 2022 @02:36PM (#30419688)
> I still contend socialism is about central planning.

Actual socialists, for the whole history of socialism, disagree, but please, don't let that distract you.

> Common ownership and participation in the means of production via democracy is central planning in practice,

When the common ownership is done through the state which directly controls industry, sure, you get central planning. When it's done through democratic worker control of firms, it is no more central planning than when firms are jointly controlled by their capital owners. And there are lots of variations of socialism besides those two.

> It's opposed to the libertarian vision

The idea that socialism is opposed to the libertarian vision is news to libertarian socialists.

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Re:Marxism vs. Liberalism: An Interview Between J.V. Stalin ... by akvadrako on Monday February 21, 2022 @02:42PM (#30419729)
Libertarian socialism is a synonym for anarchy, which gives a clue how compatible they are.

I would call what you are describing communism, not socialism. And it's nothing like any major socialist society in existance, because it's unobtainable in practice.

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