Fred Welfare wrote:

>But, one problem I find with the
>definitions of socialism as 'ownership" is the problem of competence.  If the
>workers are to own the means of production, then they need to be competent
>enough to work it.

The working class, by definition, are already the ones who work the economy.

>The glaring problem with socialism is the lack of
>competence, the lack of a political-ethical disposition.

Yes, I think that is an intelligent insight. Though of course that is not a
problem with socialism, it is merely the reason we don't already have
socialism. We haven't, as a society, made the necessary progress in
"political-ethical disposition".

Bill Bartlett
Bracknell Tas