Without a controlling political state, who would make the rules and laws under socialism?
This is a common but slightly loaded question. Rules and regulations under socialism would be far different then under capitalism. Instead of having a few individuals make rules to control human behavior based on the needs of the ruling class to influence public opinion in their favor or to enforce both social order and their system of class rule upon the working class, or based on religous doctrine and ethics, socialist government will be the administration of THINGS, not of PEOPLE (as stated in a previous question). Laws to control human behavior will not be necessary or acceptable in a society of economic freedom and complete democracy. What rules will exist, the main one being that no one may privately own an industry or service, will be determined collectively, by all of society. An example of how this would work is the issue of gun control. A socialist society would not advocate putting people in jail who have a gun. Rather, the people would deal with the problem by voting over w
