What is Libertarian Socialism?
Libertarian socialism wants common ownership without a central state: unions, councils, or communes would run production. It is left economically and clearly libertarian socially.
Core principles
- Common ownership
- Worker control
- Anti-state freedom
On the PoliMap chart this cell runs from -6 to -2 on the economic axis and -6 to -2 on the social axis. Negative economic scores are left; positive social scores are authoritarian.
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