Kevin Kühnert has explained his idea of ​​a "democratic socialism". This includes collectivizing large corporations like BMW. In addition, everyone should be allowed to own only the apartment itself.

Juso CEO Kevin Kühnert wants large companies - especially as the car company BMW - to convict state property. When asked how he views socialism, Kühnert tells the weekly newspaper Die Zeit: "Without collectivization, overcoming capitalism is unthinkable." It was crucial that the distribution of profits is democratically controlled, the SPD politician continued. He would also like to limit the ownership of real estate in Germany.

"It's less important to me whether BMW's government-owned automobiles end up standing on the doorbell of the BMW or 'cooperative automobile operation' or whether the collective decides that BMW no longer needs it in this form." Crucial is, said Kühnert on the example of the car maker, that the distribution of profits would be democratically controlled. This excludes "that there is a capitalist owner of this business".

Rental no legitimate business model

Even in the real estate possession of the SPD-Nahwuchspolitiker has clear ideas: As for the ownership of private housing, everyone should "maximally own the living space in which he lives," says Kühnert. He does not consider it a legitimate business model to "make a living for other people's living space."

According to Kühnert's view, socialism cast into state form has not yet existed. This had "in most cases to do with the glaring lack of democratic participation." Kühnert therefore considers "democratic socialism" to be an inseparable pair of concepts. Socialism is "not an authoritarian concept".