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Democratic socialists do not want to create an all-powerful government bureaucracy. But we do not want big corporate bureaucracies to control our society either. Rather, we believe that social and economic decisions should be made by those whom they most affect.
Today, corporate executives who answer only to themselves and a few wealthy stockholders make basic economic decisions affecting millions of people. Resources are used to make money for capitalists rather than to meet human needs. We believe that the workers and consumers who are affected by economic institutions should own and control them.
Social ownership could take many forms, such as worker-owned cooperatives or publicly owned enterprises managed by workers and consumer representatives. Democratic socialists favor as much decentralization as possible. While the large concentrations of capital in industries such as energy and steel may necessitate some form of state ownership, many consumer-goods industries might be best run as cooperatives.
Democratic socialists have long rejected the belief that the whole economy should be centrally planned. While we believe that democratic planning can shape major social investments like mass transit, housing, and energy, market mechanisms are needed to determine the demand for many consumer goods.
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Democratic socialists believe that both the economy and society should be run democratically—to meet public needs, not to make profits for a few.
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Taxes aren't so bad, government isn't the boogie man, it can be when corruption sets in which pretty much goes hand in hand with centralizing power, hence de-centralized democratic socialism.. For the important stuff I think its a no brainer, I'm not saying capitalism is all bad either, but we're way too capitalist now imo. The government was created for the people, by the people, it wasn't created for the 1% to take advantage of the people.