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Use Value and Sectoral Economic Organization in the Green-Socialist Future
As Richard Swift points out, as is the case with diversity in the
natural world, anthropological research shows “that diversity in rules,
habits and social forms has always been the human way.” And different
kinds of economic practices are certain to “bring out a variety of
different potentials in human beings, encouraging some while
discouraging others.”
Let us imbibe this insight as we proceed to sketch out a green socialist
institutional system with the reinstatement of concrete human use value
needs as its foundation.
First, to instate eco-sustainable agroecology as the basis of human use
value life, extirpate alienation in all its forms, realize socialist
precepts as noted above to “socially control,” “rationally regulate,”
“collectively self-manage” production to meet “communal needs,” as well
as ensure vibrant, potentially direct, democracy, current economic and
political scales will need to be broken down and production and
consumption reconnected with a nexus recreated between agriculture and
industry and science and ecology.
In the design proposed here the bedrock of ecosocialist life will reside
in community scale light use value producing sectors shaped with around
150,000 to 200,000 people, depending upon the population of the region,
country and so on where the social change is taking place. Such
economies will produce as much of the gamut of final consumption goods
they require in-house. They can be formed either adjacent to
deconstructed major urban centers or honed by incorporating smaller
towns and rural districts. Depending on local conditions food staples as
well as any other food crops for which there is community demand and
supportive soil conditions are produced. Aquaculture, hydroponics,
greenhouse gardening and so forth may be adopted to expand the array of
products beyond that limited by climate zone. Most “lighter” building
construction material, furniture, apparel, household sundries, bicycles,
children’s toys, crafts, and so on are produced in the community sector.
These communities will strive be as responsible as possible for their
energy needs as well waste recycling.
full:
https://socialistproject.ca/2019/08/green-designs-for-21st-century-socialism/
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