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SOCIALISM HAS ALWAYS INVOKED SOME VISION OF COMMUNITY AND USUALLY FROWNED ON UNRESTAINED INDIVIDUALISM. THE IDEAL HAS BEEN SOLIDARITY RATHER THAN DIVISION, WORKING TOGETHER RATHER THAN ALONE, COLLECTIVE RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL ACTION. PARTLY THIS IS NO MORE THAN EFFICIENCY: TO CHANGE THE WORLD THEY NEED THE WEIGHT OF NUMBERS; TO END POVERTY THEY NEED THE POWER OF SOCIALIZED PRODUCTION. BUT FOR MOST OF THEM THERE IS A POSITIVE AS WELL AS A PRAGMATIC SIDE. THE "SOCIAL" IN SOCIALISM HAS ALWAYS HAD AT LEAST TWO SENSES. SOCIALISTS BELIEVE IN COORDINATION, ARGUING THAT CONSCIOUS PLANNING WILL SERVE BETTER THAN UNREGULATED COMPETITION. BUT THEY ALSO VALUE THE VERY PROCESS OF WORKING TOGETHER, TENDING TO THE VIEW THAT THIS IS A GOOD IN ITSELF.