Editing Libertarian socialism (section)

==Political principles==
Libertarian socialism strives for a [[freedom|free]] and [[egalitarianism|equal]] society,{{Sfn|Cornell|2012|pp=182–183}} aiming to transform [[Work (human activity)|work]] and [[everyday life]].{{Sfn|Kinna|Prichard|2012|p=12}} Broadly defined, libertarian socialism encapsulates any [[political ideology]] that favours [[workers' control]] of the [[means of production]] and the replacement of [[capitalism]] with a system of [[co-operative economics|cooperative economics]],{{Sfn|Hahnel|2005|p=392n1}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last1=Frère |first1=Bruno |title=The Third Sector |last2=Reinecke |first2=Juliane |publisher=Emerald Group Publishing Limited |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-78052-280-7 |editor-last=Hull |editor-first=Richard |location=UK |pages=125–126 |language=en |chapter=A Libertarian Socialist Response to the 'Big Society': The Solidarity Economy |doi=10.1108/S2046-6072(2011)0000001015 |hdl=2268/172850 |issn=2046-6072 |quote="The libertarian socialist [[cooperative movement]] was one of the two forms of socialist responses to the rise of capitalism and the concentration of private ownership in the middle of the 19th century." "[[Proudhon]]'s left libertarian socialism promotes the [[decentralisation]] of power and public [[sovereignty]] ... through the formation of locally managed mutual and cooperative organisations ...." |editor-last2=Gibbon |editor-first2=Jane |editor-last3=Branzei |editor-first3=Oana |editor-last4=Haugh |editor-first4=Helen}}</ref> or [[common ownership]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Intropi |first=Pietro |date=2022-06-01 |title=Reciprocal libertarianism |journal=European Journal of Political Theory |volume=23 |issue=1 |language=en |pages=23–43 |doi=10.1177/14748851221099659 |issn=1474-8851 |quote=I show that reciprocal libertarianism can be realised in a framework of individual ownership of external resources or in a socialist scheme of common ownership (libertarian socialism). |doi-access=free |hdl=2262/98664 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> Libertarian socialists tend to see the [[working class]] as agents of [[social revolution]], reject [[representative democracy]] and [[Election|electoralism]], and advocate for [[self-organisation]] and [[direct action]] as means to engage in [[class conflict]].{{Sfn|Pinta|Berry|2012|p=298}}

===Anti-authoritarianism===
Libertarian socialism has a [[grassroots]] and [[Direct democracy|direct democratic]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Asimakopoulos |first=John |date=April–June 2016 |title=A radical proposal for direct democracy in large societies |journal=Brazilian Journal of Political Economy |language=en |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=430–447 |doi=10.1590/0101-31572016v36n02a10 |issn=0101-3157 |quote="Direct democracy is what today is referred to as libertarian socialism including anarchism. The very idea upon which libertarian socialism is founded is that every person in the community represents themselves and votes directly with the community on matters related to its governance." |doi-access=free }}</ref> approach to [[socialism]], rejecting [[Parliamentary system|parliamentarism]] and [[bureaucracy]].{{Sfn|Kinna|Prichard|2012|p=13}} Libertarian socialists advocate the [[empowerment]] of individuals to control their own lives and encourage them to voluntarily cooperate with each other, rather than allow themselves to be controlled by a state. Libertarian socialists therefore uphold [[civil liberties]] such as [[freedom of choice]], [[Freedom of speech|freedom of expression]] and [[freedom of thought]].{{Sfn|Long|1998|pp=305–306}}

In contrast to [[authoritarian socialism|authoritarian forms of socialism]], libertarian socialism rejects [[state ownership]] and [[centralisation]]. Instead it upholds a [[decentralisation|decentralised]] model of [[self-governance]], envisioning [[Free association of producers|free association]] based on [[co-operative economics|co-operative]] or [[participatory economics]]. Some libertarian socialists see such systems as complementary to [[statism]], while others hold them to be an alternative to the [[state (polity)|state]].{{Sfn|Long|1998|pp=305–306}}

Libertarian socialists tend to reject the view that political institutions such as the state represent an [[inherent]]ly good, or even neutral, power.{{Sfn|Long|1998|p=318}} Some libertarian socialists, such as [[Peter Kropotkin]], consider the state to be an inherent instrument of [[landlordism]] and capitalism, therefore opposing the state with equal intensity as they oppose capitalism.{{Sfn|Long|1998|pp=306–307}}

===Anti-capitalism===
Libertarian socialism views corporate power as an [[institution]]al problem, rather than as a result of the influence of certain [[Bad apples|immoral individuals]].{{Sfn|Long|1998|pp=331–332}} It thus opposes [[capitalism]], which it sees as an economic system that upholds [[greed]], the [[exploitation of labour]] and [[coercion]], and calls for its overthrow in a [[social revolution]].{{Sfn|Hahnel|2005|p=140}}

Libertarian socialists reject [[private property]], as they consider capitalist property relations to be incompatible with [[freedom]].{{Sfn|Long|1998|pp=305–306}} Instead, libertarian socialism upholds individual [[self-ownership]], as well as the [[collective ownership]] of the [[means of production]].{{Sfn|Vrousalis|2011|p=211}} In the place of capitalism, libertarian socialists favour an economic system based on [[workers' control]] of production, advocating for a system of [[co-operative economics|cooperative economics]],{{Sfn|Hahnel|2005|p=392n1}}<ref name=":1" /> or [[common ownership]].<ref name=":0" /> They also advocate for [[workers' self-management]], as they consider workers able to cooperate productively without [[supervisor]]s, whether appointed by employers or by the state.{{Sfn|Hahnel|2005|p=140}}

They also tend to see [[free trade]] as inevitably resulting in the [[redistribution of income and wealth]] from workers to their corporate employers.{{Sfn|Long|1998|p=332}} They advocate for the elimination of [[social inequality|social]] and [[economic inequality]] through the coercive [[Expropriative anarchism|expropriation]] of property from the wealthy.{{Sfn|Long|1998|p=340}}