What is a libertarian socialist?

Someone who wants collective ownership of the means of production rather than the state owning the means of production or the rich owning it. Socialism at it's roots was always libertarian, that is what true socialism is about. The first socialists were people who wanted to take the egalitarian principles of classical liberalism even further and eliminate the concept of class from society, so that no group would have power over others. The idea of the state owning everything came later, and was more of a faulty way of transitioning into "real" socialism than an end goal in and of itself. You see, Marx among others arrived at the conclusion that to implement socialism you would first have to have a central organizing body who knew what they were doing to set up socialism and teach the masses how to self govern. The idea was to have a state (with democracy and with checks and balances) which would initially run things through a mix of central planning and democracy. For obvious reasons though, the state always becomes corrupt and expands it's power rather than "withering away" as Marx and other socialist thinkers intended. That is why libertarian socialists reject the state, and instead condone socialism arising from a grass roots level. We believe in democracy and equality, but not at the expense of individual liberty.

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