nigini commented on Slow Down by Brian Bergstrom
"The other thing Piketty emphasizes is the difference between participatory socialism and Soviet-style socialism. As a regime where all decision-making power resided with officials and experts who also controlled information and thought, the Soviet Union was antithetical to the democratic nature of participatory socialism. In contrast to the authoritarian Soviet Union, participatory socialism is an attempt to transition to a sustainable society through nurturing the seeds of mutual aid and citizen self-rule."