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Which political-economic system is preferable? Avoiding labels, read description below

Option A: Private property rights are sacrosanct and subject to no regulation or involuntary expropriation. Goods are exchanged freely on the unfettered market guided by the profit motive. The state is minimal if if exists at all; its sole purpose is to protect individual liberty. The form of government is only secondary.

Option B: Private property forms the basis of the system but is not sacrosanct. The state, organized into a constitutional republic, intervenes in the market to correct imbalances and ensure ideal conditions for profitability and growth. Property can be violated to a small degree by democratic forces in the interest of public services, national security, and law enforcement.

Option C: Property is divided between private ownership and public ownership. Goods are exchanged on a highly regulated market guided by the profit motive. Large economic interest groups take part in government through state-sponsored corporatist arrangements. Citizens are provided with a considerable social wage in the form of public services and welfare.

C.1: The state is organized into a democratic republic. Citizens are guaranteed basic liberties and participate in parliamentary procedure. Specifics of socioeconomic management are subject to democratic participation.

C.2: The state consists of a permanent ruling party organized under the principles of democratic centralism. The state exercises absolute prerogative in economic management through a highly centralized bureaucracy. Individual liberties are curtailed in the interest of efficiency and collective well being.

Option D: The means of production are owned and controlled by the state. Production is planned and coordinated by a large centralized bureaucracy. Citizens are hired employees of the state who labor for wages. All are guaranteed the fulfillment of basic needs.

D.1: The state is organized into a democratic republic. Citizens enjoy basic liberties and participate in the political process. Social matters are subject to democratic participation while the economy is managed exclusively by technocrats.

D.2: The state consists of a ruling party of professional revolutionaries dedicated to the realization of Option E. Decision making is delegated downwards from a powerful central committee. Individual liberties are curtailed to ensure the protection and full realization of the revolution.

Option E: The means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the workers. The market, profit motive, and wage labor are abolished, replaced with a system of freely associated producers. Organs of democratic self management, such as workers’ councils or labor unions, base themselves on principles of delegation and direct recall and replace the state as governing institutions. All institutions of coercion and repression are abolished.

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