Although that'd often have to be a collective property right -- E. Shaun
Russell, "property is theft" makes most sense if you consider a nomadic
society, and then consider a farmer trying to fence off some land in the
middle of the migration path.
} > } hoping we as a species get out of this greed rut and into something
} > } sustainable.
} > Ecosystem hasn't been that cooperative, and it's gone for 3-4 gigayears.
} Don't understand. If we don't have some form of sustainability, we're
But a greed-based system is perfectly capable of being sustainable.
Existence proof: the ecosystem. Yes there is cooperation within it, but
the basic motivation of life is selfish reproduction. And predator-prey
relationships are a lot nastier than usual business.
Hmm. I smell a possible analogy-argument of "commerce is more
productive than predation and full cooperation would be even more so."
That may well be true -- I just don't believe full cooperation is stable
with autonomous beings.
} be drastically reduced. Nobody would have to work more than 2 hours a
} day. If everybody realized this was all it took to keep a smoothly
Can you support that claim? What level would society be at?
} No, because in above system, supply meets need, rather than demand.
} Profit is eliminated. There is no need to produce more than neccesary
How you measure need, except by demand? Especially in an anarchic
system.
Merry part,
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