http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_...aq.27s_thought
I never got around to identifying the intellectuals behind Islamic and Arab Socialism until now.
Already I disagree with Mr. Aflaq here:
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Aflaq was a strong believer in pluralism of thought, but paradoxically, against pluralism in the form of votes. In theory, the Ba'ath Party would rule, and guide the people, in a transitional period of time without consulting the people because the party knew what was right.
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Like the Eastern Europeans, he was not an advocate of some sort of "Socialist Pluralism"
a la:
Socialist Fatherland Party (relatively social-conservative “party of power”)
Socialist Freedom Party (relatively social-liberal “party of power”)
Socialist People’s Party (relatively social-centrist)
Socialist Labour Party (relatively social-centrist)
Agrarian Socialist Party (relatively social-conservative)
Green Socialist Party (relatively social-liberal)
Liberation Theology Party (depending on religious affiliation)
Radical Left Party
Plus the independent, singular Party-Movement of the working class doing preparatory work for the genuine one-party system once the working class outnumbers all other classes.
Also, Aflaq didn't advocate Islamic banking or a secularized equivalent by a state monopoly more vehemently (I wrote of "equity not usury" here:
"as it effectively nationalizes those debtors’ operations in the financing agreements – only to effectively re-privatize them as equitable profits (and not interest) due the monopoly reduce that monopoly’s ownership positions").
