Might be a hot take, but I think classical socdem & a more libertarian socialism are both valid ideologies, the key trade-off is one of effort vs. efficiency. It would take tons of effort to be involved with a bunch of decision-making bodies, even if the decisions were better.
There is also somewhat of an equality issue, centralization can lead to higher equality between places with different productive capacities, but that can be helped with a decent tax and welfare system while leaving decisions about production under more decentralized control.
And also if you look to Sweden's experience, there are certainly limits to what a centralized body can do to increase equality!
The main things that really changed from back when I called myself a libertarian socialist are
1. I realized strong and large welfare and therefore taxes would always be needed and good
2. Libsoc seemed like a lot more effort for not much more efficiency
1. I realized strong and large welfare and therefore taxes would always be needed and good
2. Libsoc seemed like a lot more effort for not much more efficiency
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