I have been talking about socialism lately, and the comments I have received make it clear to me that in a truly fundamental way, I see the subject differently from the way in which it is seen by virtually everybody who is commenting. As it happens, some years ago I worked this all out in an essay I wrote called "The Future of Socialism." I have just re-read that essay, and the first twenty-six pages of it say exactly what I have in mind. So I am going to post those 26 pages here, in a series of sections perhaps 2500 to 3000 words each. I thought long and hard about the ideas in this paper, and they are, so far as I know, quite unlike what others have written about the subject.
So, if you are looking for trenchant commentary on the passing scene, you will have to look elsewhere for a few days. But I really, really hope some of you will read the entire several part post and then will think about it, not for a nanosecond but for long enough to absorb it and maybe even change the way you think about the subject.
Those interested may also want to see this earlier seriatum posting of the paper and accompanying comments:
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