I’ve had similar thoughts in
I’ve had similar thoughts in the past. Unsuprisingly it’s already been thought of a long time ago. Proudhon had a similar idea where by workers would club together their money to buy up businesses and run them as co-operatives, once all the businesses had been bought from private hands we would be in socialism!There’s a really funny exchange between Marx and Engels on Proudhon’s plan which I’ll try and find for you. At least I remember it as being funny, Of course co-operatives have been tried within capitalism as far back as Robert Owen. Another example would be the Kibbutz movement in Isreal which I know one member has worked in and would be far more qualified to talk about than I would.I think I get where you’re coming from with this idea. At least for me, it was the notion that people need to see something happening before they’ll jump on board. However, ultimately it will be declining material conditions which will force people to look to revolution and socialism not a commune.