The capitalist world is based on scarcity, and only a few can get limited goods. But to an extent I don't yet understand it produces scarcity as well, since for example the discovery of a certain amount of diamonds per day is what maximizes earnings, and the excedent is burned. I think it has something to do with monopoly. Can someone explain me to which rule does it respond? This scarcity produces private property, which in turn needs money to function, which leads to loans and banks.
At the other hand we have societies based on abundance like the eskimos, australian and north-american natives... Their way of life is based on small societies where everybody knows everybody else, and in which no sense of private property exists. For them, Mother Nature provides sufficiently so that they gain more in sharing food, for example, than keeping it for themselves. The individuals in these societies are characterized by being in peace with themselves and live a more 'spiritual' life, whatever that means. Anyway, they appear to be happier.
So my point is that, in the present capitalism, if we are be able to produce abundance, private property and money should cese to exist. I am not sure anymore that technology is something good to our lifes because it makes us want more and more things, so abundance is never attained. Will we someday get to a point where we achieve a steady state? Can we actually achieve this point when there is such a difference between rich and poor? What do you think?
Available media in the web
- Documentary: The Corporation (imdb). Proves that Corporations act as psycopaths, and gives tips on what we can do to prevent it.
- Documentary: Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (imdb). Helps you understand economic globalization.
- Documentary: Zeitgeist: The Movie (imdb). Man! There is a BEFORE and an AFTER wathing this movie. It starts softly but it really opens your eyes about how damn stupid and manipulated we all are. The second part (Addendum) clarifies the whole picture and suggests ways to change our society into a better one where money does not exist.
Oct 22, 2008
Oct 14, 2008
What to do
If you are willing to do something about it all, I would suggest the following:
1.- Create your own blog and develop your own ideas. Everyone should be free to say and believe what they want; distributed knowledge cannot be controled.
2.- Make sure to link any remarkable blog or just anything you find interesting about the subject; links in itself create web-knowledge.
3.- Turn your TV off forever and try to give you time to think 'out of the box' despite the constant bombardment of the media.
4.- Pick up a subject and specialize your blog.
5.- Devote yourself to spread the word as much as possible.
Any other ideas?
1.- Create your own blog and develop your own ideas. Everyone should be free to say and believe what they want; distributed knowledge cannot be controled.
2.- Make sure to link any remarkable blog or just anything you find interesting about the subject; links in itself create web-knowledge.
3.- Turn your TV off forever and try to give you time to think 'out of the box' despite the constant bombardment of the media.
4.- Pick up a subject and specialize your blog.
5.- Devote yourself to spread the word as much as possible.
Any other ideas?
Crytical mass
I believe that once enough people know the truth about the slavery we are suffering, there will be a massive chain reaction that will alterate the world's power, hopefully forever. The question is, how much people will it take and for how long?
Oct 11, 2008
About interactions power
Every complex system's complexity is measured not only by the complexity of its individuals but also by the frequency of their interactions. Taking the brain as an example of complex system, it is as important having gray matter (neurons) as having white matter (connections). In this sense, internet and other communication technologies have given us the tools to act as ONE unique society.
Oct 7, 2008
How much power should governments have?
I would say that moderate socialism, which is in between brute capitalism and communism, is for now the best organization solution for big human societies (being all pretty bad solutions). A government has been proven to be indispensable in examples like the existence of police, where there is no other way of maintaining a low crime rate. However, I advocate for the idea of not directly controlling everything. For example, instead of directly setting all prices, governments have set up a suitable environment so that the prices are what people agree to pay for (Tacher and Regan's revolution). The scientific term for that is emergence and I strongly believe that it will lead to a new organization structure in not so much time. The question is, could you suggest a way some duty from your government could be covered by a smaller and more local citizen representative, or ultimately by individual interactior throughout, let's say, internet?
How much power do big corporations have?
It is said that their earnings are sometimes bigger than some countries. In some countries, funding a political party has become a lucrative investment. Corporations only look for their own interest and act as a real psycopaths. A company cannot go to jail, and the government will never punish them too hard because their workers are voters. Is there a way to establish a procedure that discourage Corporations to act over the law?
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