[PLUG-TALK] Fair Use, etc.
Jeme A Brelin
jeme at brelin.net
Fri Mar 29 01:20:22 UTC 2002
On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Craighead, Scot D wrote:
> >Simply giving the state control over the means of production does not make
> >a socialist state if control of the state still rests in the hands of the
> >few.
>
> I'm going to try to say this a different way.
My response wasn't a rebuttal to you. It was a rebuttal to Russel
Johnson's definition of Socialism.
> It is impossible for everyone to control anything.
And it's impossible for ANYONE to control something that is not scarce.
> There will always be a ruling class.
But what if they only rule things that don't matter to most people?
> Anarchy doesn't work. You can't have anarchy and technology at the
> same time.
Actually, the more ubuiquitous a technology becomes, the more resistant
that technology becomes to imposed control and artificial order.
In a sense, technology breeds anarchy. But it is an anarchy of natural
order, rather than imposed, controlled order.
J.
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