Editing Guild Socialism

{{Ideology
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|title=[[File:Guildsoc.png]] '''Guild Socialism'''
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|caption=Worker Guilds of the world, unite!
|aliases=[[File:Guildsoc.png]] GuildSoc<br>
[[File:SocialistCorporatism.png]] Corporatist Socialism (somewhat)<br>
[[File:SocialistCorporatism.png]] Socialist Corporatism (somewhat)<br>
[[File:CorpMarketSoc.png]] Market Socialism-Corporatism Synthesis (somewhat)<br>
[[File:ReactCoopTrees.png]] Reactionary Cooperativism<br>
[[File:Tradsoc.png]] Traditional Socialism<br>
<s>[[File:Chudjack.png]] Moncelism<br></s>
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{{Info|Corporatists}}<br>
{{Info|Socialists}} <br>
'''Variants''' {{Collapse|
{{Info|Libertarian Left|LibLeft}}, [[File:GDHCole.png]] G. D. H. Coleism)
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|influences=
[[File:Cooperative Socialism.png]] [[Market Socialism|Cooperativism]]<br>
[[File:Fabian.png]] [[Fabian Socialism]]<br>
[[File:Liberalsoc.png]] [[Liberal Socialism]] (some)<br>
[[File:SocialistCorporatism.png]] [[Corporatism|Socialist Corporatism]]<br>
[[File:TechRomanticism.png]] [[Reactionary Modernism|Technological Romanticism]]<br>
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|personal = 
[[File:GDHCole.png]] '''G. D. H. Coleism''' {{Collapse|
*[[File:Thar.png]] [[Anti-Authoritarianism]]
*[[File:Anticap.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Capitalism}}
*[[File:Antifash2.png]] [[Anti-Fascism]]
*[[File:Anti-Stalin.png]] Anti-Stalinism
*[[File:Antisynd.png]] Anti-Syndicalism
*[[File:Civlibert.png]] [[Civil Libertarianism]]
*[[File:Cooperative Socialism.png]] [[Market Socialism|Cooperativism]]
*[[File:Decentral.png]] [[Federalism|Decentralization]] 
*[[File:Demsocstar.png]] [[Democratic Socialism]]
*[[File:Fabian.png]] [[Fabian Socialism]]
*[[File:Orthlen.png]] [[Leninism]] (sympathetic)
*[[File:NonMarxSoc.png]] [[Utopian Socialism|Non-Marxist Socialism]]
*[[File:Libsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism]]
*[[File:Semidirect.png]] [[Democracy#Semi-Direct Democracy|Semi-Direct Democracy]]
*[[File:Cball-2Spainrepub.png]] [[Republicanism|Spanish Republicanism]] (sympathetic)
*[[File:WPD.png]] [[Socialism|Workplace Democracy]]
*'''Historically'''
**[[File:Pac.png]] {{PCBA|Pacifism}} (before 1940)
}}
[[File:Penty.png]] '''Pentyism''' {{Collapse|
*[[File:Christsoc.png]] [[Christian Socialism]]
*[[File:Coomaraswamy.png]] {{PHB|Traditionalist School|Coomaraswamyism}}
*[[File:Fabian.png]] [[Fabian Socialism]]
*[[File:WMorris.png]] [[Classical Social Democracy|Morrisism]]
*[[File:Ruskin icon.png]] [[Reactionary Socialism|Ruskinism]]
*[[File:SocDist.png]] [[Distributism|Social Distributism]]
}}
[[file:404.png]] Ramsey <ref> https://substack.com/home/post/p-105046173</ref>
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*[[file:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism]]
*[[file:AdamSmith.png]] [[Classical Liberalism|Smithianism]]
*[[file:SocStateCap.png]] [[State Capitalism| Social State Capitalism]]
*[[file:Trot.png]] [[Trotskyism]]
*[[file:SocialistCorporatism.png]] [[Corporatism|Socialist Corporatism]]
*[[file:EvolutionarySoc.png]] [[Reformist Marxism|Evolutionary Socialism]]
*WIP
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|influenced=
[[File:BertrandRussel.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|Bertrand Russell Thought]] (Early On)<br>
[[File:Distributist.png]] [[Distributism]]<br>
[[File:WMorris.png]] [[Classical Social Democracy|Morrisism]]<br>
[[File:Onenatlab.png]] [[Third Way|One Nation Labour]] ([[File:BlueLabour.png]] Blue Labourism)<br>
[[File:Reactsoc.png]] [[Reactionary Socialism]]<br>
[[File:Strasser.png]] [[Strasserism]]<br>
[[File:SocDemCorp.png]] [[Social Democracy|Neo-Social Democracy]] (In the UK)<br>
[[File:Populare.png]] [[Populareism|Publius Clodius Pulcher Thought]]<br>
[[File:Partip.png]] [[Participism]]<ref>https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/tom-wetzel-guild-socialism-as-a-precursor-to-partcipipatory-economics</ref>
|song = [https://youtu.be/_iBPt1aoA7E Juditha Triumphans]
|theorists = 
[[file:Cball-UK.png]] '''United Kingdom''' {{Collapse|
*[[File:Ruskin icon.png]] [[Reactionary Socialism|John Ruskin]] (1819-1900) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK
*[[File:WMorris.png]] [[Classical Social Democracy|William Morris]] (1834-1896) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
*[[File:Liberalsoc.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|Samuel George Hobson]] (1870-1940) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
*[[File:Penty.png]] [[Distributism|Arthur Joseph Penty]] (1875-1937) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
*[[File:BertrandRussel.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|Bertrand Russell]] (1875-1970) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}} (Early On)
*[[File:GDHCole.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism|G. D. H. Cole]] (1889-1959) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
*[[File:BlueLabour.png]] [[Conservative Socialism|Maurice Glasman]] (1961-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
*[[File:EdMiliband.png]] [[Social Democracy|Ed Miliband]] (1969-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
*[[File:UKLab.png]] [[Social Democracy|Lisa Nandy]] (1979-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
}}
[[file:World.png]] '''Elsewhere''' {{Collapse|
*[[File:Populare.png]] [[Populareism|Publius Clodius Pulcher]] (93-52 BCE) [[File:SPQR.png]] Roman Empire
*[[File:Bonaldianism.png]] [[Reactionary Socialism|Louis de Bonald]] (1754-1840) [[File:Cball-France.png]] {{PBW|Franceball|France}}
*[[File:Liberalsoc.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|Ernst Wigforss]] (1881-1977) [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] {{PBW|Swedenball|Sweden}}
*[[File:ToyohikoKagawa.png]] [[Christian Socialism|Toyohiko Kagawa]] (1888-1960) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] {{PBW|Japanball|Japan}}
*[[File:OttoStrasser.png]] [[Strasserism|Otto Strasser]] (1897-1974) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] {{PBW|Germanyball|Germany}}
}}
|likes=
Workers' Guilds<br>
Economic Democracy<br>
Representation<br>
[[File:Pop.png]] [[Populism]]<br>
Material Analyses 
|dislikes=
The System<br>
Coercion<br>
Globalisation<br> 
[[File:Cap.png]] [[Capitalism|Commercialism]]<br>
Market Forces
}}
{{Quote|
quote=“The reward for labour is life. Is that not enough?”
|speaker=[[File:WMorris.png]] [[Classical Social Democracy|William Morris]]
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'''Guild Socialism''' ('''GuildSoc''') is a left unity to libertarian left ideology that advocates for worker ownership of the Means of Production through trade guilds, and that such guilds have "an implied contractual relationship with the public". It originated in the United Kingdom in 1914 with the book "National Guilds: An Inquiry into the Wage System and the Way Out" in wich S. G. Hobson (the author) presents guilds as an alternative to [[File:Statesoc.png]] [[State Socialism|state socialism]].
Guild socialism believes in [[File:WPD.png]] democratic workplaces and varies on government types.
==Possible Economic framework==
==== Monopolistic Competition as a Framework ====
Monopolistic competition, in a non-capitalist context, retains key features of the market structure while stripping away capitalist logic, such as the profit motive, private ownership, and Commidification of labour, Producers compete ethically, focusing on innovation, quality, and sustainability, rather than market domination or accumulation of wealth.
Many properties of Monopolistic Competition align with Guild Socialism, Such as:

===== Decentralized Production =====

Guild socialism values local decision-making and worker autonomy. Non-capitalist monopolistic competition supports a decentralized system where many guilds operate independently yet cooperatively within a broader federation.

===== Product Differentiation =====

Guilds may specialize in producing distinct goods or services based on regional resources, cultural preferences, or specific skills. Differentiation allows guilds to cater to diverse consumer needs while fostering innovation. Market Regulation,Prices and market dynamics would be regulated collectively by federations of guilds or through democratic planning,ensuring low barriers of entry and absence of Predatory pricing.

==History==
Guild Socialism took inspiration from the Guild system of the Middle Ages, in which worker-owned guilds played a big role in the economy. Likewise, it criticized the [[File:Cap.png]] [[Capitalism|capitalist]] hierarchy and the wage system, believing that the laborer has no rights under the system, thus calling for a decentralized economy consisting of worker guilds. Likewise it acknowledges the differences of conditions back then and in the present day, mainly in how said industry functions and how town-economies have become all but impossible in the modern day. 

What sets Guild Socialism apart from other forms of socialism is how the guildsmen is to maintain the apprehension in the framing of social arrangements, and how the economy would consist of guilds, mainly on the local level but also some on the national level, which would serve to include workers of all areas of whichever sector said guild represents. 

Likewise, it criticizes both [[File:Statesoc.png]] [[State Socialism]] and [[File:Synd.png]] [[Syndicalism]] as leaving open the possibility of tyranny, and likewise [[File:GDHCole.png]] G.D.H. Cole believed that the Bolshevik Revolution and Lenin himself “replaced the capitalist state with an equally as coercive state”, as said in his book “Guild Socialism: A Plan For Economic Democracy”.

While it sees [[File:Synd.png]] Trade Unionism as what is supposed to become the upcoming guilds, it has also criticized trade unions for being too moderate and compromising, in addition to how many only focus on one workplace rather than the common industry, arguing that even if that specific workplace is freed, many in the same industry are still exploited, in addition to believing that there can’t be worker’s justice under the hierarchy of [[File:Cap.png]] [[Capitalism|capitalism]].

It also takes elements from both a socialistic market economy and decentral planning, acknowledging markets in the regards to consumer goods, but opposes markets when in regards to civic and essential services, utilizing a communal structure under which guilds serve as a basis for hiring and firing as well as operating under a mostly direct democratic system, though on occasions, a meritocratic and expertise vote would be utilized as well, likewise the workers can make suggestions to the guilds as a form of suggesting improvement of the workplace and industry.<br>

The guilds also have a relation to the public, via councils making up of those using said service(s), who can submit suggestions to the guilds, as a form of improvement of relations to the public and direct democracy. 

==Variants==
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==Relationships==
===Friends===
*[[File:Consocf.png]] [[Conservative Socialism]] and [[File:Homocon.png]] [[Homoconservatism]] - My main advocates in the modern day, Carden and Blue Labour are awesome!
*[[File:Agsoc.png]] [[Agrarian Socialism]] - My rural counterpart.
*[[File:Christsoc.png]] [[Christian Socialism]] - Good chum.
*[[File:Cathwor.png]] [[Catholic Workerism]] - Good friend of mine.
*[[File:Cultnat.png]] [[Cultural Nationalism]] - I am proud of my culture!
*[[File:Distributist.png]] [[Distributism]] - My religious friend who denies being related to me, but I know the truth. 
*[[File:Populare.png]] [[Populareism]] - My friend from Roman times.
*[[File:Libsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism]] - I too am an enthusiast of a truly decentral and democratic economy.
*[[File:Demsocstar.png]] [[Democratic Socialism]] & [[File:ClassSocDem.png]] [[Classical Social Democracy]] - Same as above but with an emphasis on democracy.
*[[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]] - Too moderate but we are quite good friends in the UK.
*[[File:SocialistCorporatism.png]] [[Corporatism|Socialist Corporatism]] - Corporatism is inspired by medieval guilds. I am simply the logical conclusion of that history.
*[[File:TechRomanticism.png]] [[Reactionary Modernism|Technological Romanticism]] - Combining the aesthetics of antiquity with modernist socialism is totally based!

===Frenemies===
*[[File:Councom.png]] [[Council Communism]] - Alright. But workers' councils are also lame. 
*[[File:Fabian.png]] [[Fabian Socialism]] - Cole was a Fabian, but why Eugenics?  
*[[File:Merc.png]] [[Mercantilism]] - You like guilds, but often your merchants are just greedy elites that withhold their vast wealth from the commoners!
*[[File:Reactsoc.png]] [[Reactionary Socialism]] - You’re ok but I’m not really a fan of returning to feudalism.
*[[File:Feud.png]] [[Feudalism]] - Don't like you, but [[File:MedGuild.png]]  Medieval Guilds come from you, so thanks I guess?
*[[File:Yellsoc.png]] [[Yellow Socialism]] - He likes some of my ideas but he doesn't like guilds that much.
*[[File:Orthlen.png]] [[Leninism]] - You know, I agree that the current system should be overthrown for the better, it's just that what you propose shares the same coercion that the current system promotes, and I hate it.
*[[File:Synd.png]] [[Syndicalism]] - He'll get there, eventually.

===Enemies===
*[[File:DVCommerce.png]] [[Capitalism|Commercialism]] - The "democracy" you represent under your systematic rule is merely a facade to hide the fact that in actuality, it's an unfair hierarchy where the laborer is denied his rights shrouded under a false consciousness.
*[[File:Statesoc.png]] [[State Socialism]] - Fake socialism.
*[[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] [[Neoliberalism]] - Doesn't like guilds or unions.
*[[File:Jacobin.png]] [[Jacobinism]] - Also hates guilds.
*[[File:Americom.png]] [[Conservative Socialism|American Communist Party]] - Wait why do you oppose guilds?? We are natural partners.
*[[File:Augustus.png]] [[Caesarism|Octavian Caesarism]] - Same as the above three.
*[[File:Statlib.png]] [[State Liberalism]] - ...especially if it comes from above.
*[[File:Nazi.png]] [[Nazism]] - I don't understand, what even are you?!
*[[File:Corp.png]] [[Corporatocracy]] - He wants to drive us out of business.
*[[File:Ancapf.png]] [[Anarcho-Capitalism]] - Why dont you wanna join a guild?
*[[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism]] - Your <s>central planned</s> command economy is pretty cringe.
*[[File:Ancom.png]] [[Anarcho-Communism]] - Nothing personal but you're very disorganized.

==Further Information==
===Literature===
*[https://archive.org/stream/restorationofgil00pentrich#page/n7/mode/2up The Restoration of the Guild System] by [[File:Penty.png]] Arthur Joseph Penty
*[https://library.brown.edu/pdfs/1140814677185568.pdf A Guildsman’s Interpretation of History.] by [[File:Penty.png]] Arthur J Penty
*[https://archive.org/stream/guildstradeagric00pentuoft#page/2/mode/2up Guilds, Trade And Agriculture] by [[File:Penty.png]] Arthur J Penty
*[https://ia600903.us.archive.org/32/items/guildsocialismre00coleiala/guildsocialismre00coleiala_bw.pdf Guild Socialism Re-Stated] by [[File:GDHCole.png]] G.D.H. Cole
*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/1780720688 Tangled Up In Blue: Blue Labour and the Struggle for Labour's Soul] by Rowenna Davis
*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/1784532029 Blue Labour: Forging a New Politics] by Ian Geary and Adrian Pabst

===Wikipedia===
*[[File:Guildsoc.png]] [[w:Guild_socialism|Guild socialism]]
*[[w:Arthur_Penty|Arthur Penty]]
*[[w:G._D._H._Cole|G. D. H. Cole]]
*[[w:Samuel_George_Hobson|Samuel George Hobson]]
*[[w:Ernst_Wigforss|Ernst Wigforss]]
*[[File:BlueLabour.png]] [[w:Blue_Labour|Blue Labour]]

===Online Communities===

*[https://www.reddit.com/r/GuildSocialism/ r/GuildSocialism] [[File:Guildsoc.png]]

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