Mine
Anarchists and capitalists go back and forth over the issue of property to the point of distraction. The Capitalists threaten to enter your house, eat your food and take up residence in your bed because, ‘You said so yourself, it’s not yours!’
Anarchy, in an attempt to distance itself from its violent past, politely invites the capitalists to make themselves comfortable, just look out for the steaming pile of shit between the sheets!
The concept of ‘mine’ goes all the way back to the caveman days when humans were lone wolf predators, zealously guarding their little patch of dirt.
Is this kind of thinking still viable now that there are six billion of us walking the face of the planet?
We are not so much a social animal that we no longer need our ‘space’ but what of those who claim more than they need or could ever conceivably use?
To the capitalist, there’s no such thing as too much and the word ‘fairness’ gets twisted to mean whatever is good for them. That obnoxious smirk we all complain about comes from their ‘I’ve got mine, screw you’ attitude.
We resent their smugness but at the same time we are raised to believe that there is nothing special about them, that anyone can do it and in deep down in our heart of hearts we know that someday we’ll inevitably join the ranks of the smug.
This is the wishful thinking of the alcoholic in action. Your folks didn’t make it, their parents didn’t make it but somehow you’re going to make it. That good job you have at Wal-Mart is going to propel you right to the top!
Where does the word ‘mine’ fit in the world of ‘we’? I own, you pay. I own so you work for me. If you can’t live on what I pay you, it’s your problem!
Not a lot of ‘we’ there yet the world as we know it is the product of our collective efforts. Perhaps more importantly, all of the resources that make up this world we live in are free from Nature…free to the owner that is.
Shaking up the status quo is disturbing but if we fail to look at our situation under the hard light of reality, we are doomed to keep clubbing each other over the head in a desperate attempt to get ahead.
Although these days much of the clubbing stems from trying to retain hard won ground. The times being what they are, getting ahead is no longer quite as important as holding onto what you’ve got.
Crying about what’s wrong is easy but unproductive. To that end, I offer a humble solution.
Like all good solutions, it starts from scratch. Since the equitable distribution of wealth is crucial to the health of any society, the first step is to outlaw the employer/employee relationship and with it the private ownership of all avenues of commerce.
No one (as in nobody) will ‘own’ them, not the state, not the committee, nobody.
In place of private enterprise, twelve interdependent divisions would be established that encompass the twelve major fields of endeavor that make up our modern life.
These divisions will provide the framework necessary to manage the activities crucial to maintaining the welfare of a large and growing population.
Depending on the individual’s interests, they would choose which field of endeavor they wished to work for and that division would not only pay them but also train them in some aspect of that specialty.
Cash and all forms of hard currency would be illegal as would all debt instruments.
Citizens would be paid electronically with no provision made for the transfer of funds between individuals. The only way to get money is to work for it and the only way to spend it is through society’s retail outlets.
When you do ‘spend’ your money it is merely erased from your account, no one gets it. The same thing happens when you die, your account is merely zeroed out.
The implications of this set up are exactly as they appear. There will be no taxes, no mortgages or rent, free healthcare, free education for life as well as free utilities (phone, lights, heat.)
Since those involved in providing these services to society are paid to do so by their division, there is no need for you to pay them also.
It’s important to note the labor driven society has no need for cash. Money will exist for the sole purpose of regulating items that are in short supply.
Who would clean house if you could stay at a hotel for free? Who would cook if you could eat in a restaurant for free? How long before either of these industries collapsed under the enormous demand?
Thus will money serve a very different purpose than it does today.
Don’t want to work? Shucks! That’s the downside of labor driven society, all the ‘free’ hinges on the individual surrendering their labor (while getting paid for it) as the cost of membership.
Nobody skates and nobody is played for a sucker. While the disabled would be cared for they would earn no income. On the other hand, any person with a disability that desired to work would have work provided for them.
The right to work and participate in our society is everyone’s right. Don’t like working with others? There are plenty of solitary occupations, we’ll find something for you.
Unlike capitalism where more employees cut into profits, there’s room for everyone to work and earn in labor driven society; membership is your right.
Labor driven society is based on direct democracy. To that end there will be no political parties or legislative bodies whatsoever.
The laws, such as they are, will standalone. The only way to alter the laws will be through a direct vote of the people.
Allowing anyone to interpret the laws as they see fit or to alter the laws at will provides those individuals with the ability to lynch the rest of us for their own personal benefit.
Thus will sitting judges and the professional practice of law be prohibited.
A jury of your peers will interpret the law as they understand it and reach their judgement accordingly.
To that end, even society’s leaders will have no power to alter or interpret the law (or to exempt themselves from prosecution.)
The only way to enact new laws is through a direct vote of the people and then only in an overwhelming majority.
Society’s leaders must test all proposed new laws for fairness before submitting them to the public for a vote.
Where do these leaders come from?
This in part also answers the question of would everyone be paid the same.
The answer is no. Skill will be rewarded and a ladder of skills established. This ladder of skills leads to the very top of our society and for the first time in history, everyone starts off on equal footing. You could very well be the next leader!
That’s it in a nutshell folks. The end result of changing ‘mine’ to ‘ours’.
No government, no corporations and no corruption and a vehicle that will lift all of it’s members from poverty and strife, a true society of equals building the life they want free from the tyranny of the owner class.
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
Anarchists and capitalists go back and forth over the issue of property to the point of distraction. The Capitalists threaten to enter your house, eat your food and take up residence in your bed because, ‘You said so yourself, it’s not yours!’
Anarchy, in an attempt to distance itself from its violent past, politely invites the capitalists to make themselves comfortable, just look out for the steaming pile of shit between the sheets!
The concept of ‘mine’ goes all the way back to the caveman days when humans were lone wolf predators, zealously guarding their little patch of dirt.
Is this kind of thinking still viable now that there are six billion of us walking the face of the planet?
We are not so much a social animal that we no longer need our ‘space’ but what of those who claim more than they need or could ever conceivably use?
To the capitalist, there’s no such thing as too much and the word ‘fairness’ gets twisted to mean whatever is good for them. That obnoxious smirk we all complain about comes from their ‘I’ve got mine, screw you’ attitude.
We resent their smugness but at the same time we are raised to believe that there is nothing special about them, that anyone can do it and in deep down in our heart of hearts we know that someday we’ll inevitably join the ranks of the smug.
This is the wishful thinking of the alcoholic in action. Your folks didn’t make it, their parents didn’t make it but somehow you’re going to make it. That good job you have at Wal-Mart is going to propel you right to the top!
Where does the word ‘mine’ fit in the world of ‘we’? I own, you pay. I own so you work for me. If you can’t live on what I pay you, it’s your problem!
Not a lot of ‘we’ there yet the world as we know it is the product of our collective efforts. Perhaps more importantly, all of the resources that make up this world we live in are free from Nature…free to the owner that is.
Shaking up the status quo is disturbing but if we fail to look at our situation under the hard light of reality, we are doomed to keep clubbing each other over the head in a desperate attempt to get ahead.
Although these days much of the clubbing stems from trying to retain hard won ground. The times being what they are, getting ahead is no longer quite as important as holding onto what you’ve got.
Crying about what’s wrong is easy but unproductive. To that end, I offer a humble solution.
Like all good solutions, it starts from scratch. Since the equitable distribution of wealth is crucial to the health of any society, the first step is to outlaw the employer/employee relationship and with it the private ownership of all avenues of commerce.
No one (as in nobody) will ‘own’ them, not the state, not the committee, nobody.
In place of private enterprise, twelve interdependent divisions would be established that encompass the twelve major fields of endeavor that make up our modern life.
These divisions will provide the framework necessary to manage the activities crucial to maintaining the welfare of a large and growing population.
Depending on the individual’s interests, they would choose which field of endeavor they wished to work for and that division would not only pay them but also train them in some aspect of that specialty.
Cash and all forms of hard currency would be illegal as would all debt instruments.
Citizens would be paid electronically with no provision made for the transfer of funds between individuals. The only way to get money is to work for it and the only way to spend it is through society’s retail outlets.
When you do ‘spend’ your money it is merely erased from your account, no one gets it. The same thing happens when you die, your account is merely zeroed out.
The implications of this set up are exactly as they appear. There will be no taxes, no mortgages or rent, free healthcare, free education for life as well as free utilities (phone, lights, heat.)
Since those involved in providing these services to society are paid to do so by their division, there is no need for you to pay them also.
It’s important to note the labor driven society has no need for cash. Money will exist for the sole purpose of regulating items that are in short supply.
Who would clean house if you could stay at a hotel for free? Who would cook if you could eat in a restaurant for free? How long before either of these industries collapsed under the enormous demand?
Thus will money serve a very different purpose than it does today.
Don’t want to work? Shucks! That’s the downside of labor driven society, all the ‘free’ hinges on the individual surrendering their labor (while getting paid for it) as the cost of membership.
Nobody skates and nobody is played for a sucker. While the disabled would be cared for they would earn no income. On the other hand, any person with a disability that desired to work would have work provided for them.
The right to work and participate in our society is everyone’s right. Don’t like working with others? There are plenty of solitary occupations, we’ll find something for you.
Unlike capitalism where more employees cut into profits, there’s room for everyone to work and earn in labor driven society; membership is your right.
Labor driven society is based on direct democracy. To that end there will be no political parties or legislative bodies whatsoever.
The laws, such as they are, will standalone. The only way to alter the laws will be through a direct vote of the people.
Allowing anyone to interpret the laws as they see fit or to alter the laws at will provides those individuals with the ability to lynch the rest of us for their own personal benefit.
Thus will sitting judges and the professional practice of law be prohibited.
A jury of your peers will interpret the law as they understand it and reach their judgement accordingly.
To that end, even society’s leaders will have no power to alter or interpret the law (or to exempt themselves from prosecution.)
The only way to enact new laws is through a direct vote of the people and then only in an overwhelming majority.
Society’s leaders must test all proposed new laws for fairness before submitting them to the public for a vote.
Where do these leaders come from?
This in part also answers the question of would everyone be paid the same.
The answer is no. Skill will be rewarded and a ladder of skills established. This ladder of skills leads to the very top of our society and for the first time in history, everyone starts off on equal footing. You could very well be the next leader!
That’s it in a nutshell folks. The end result of changing ‘mine’ to ‘ours’.
No government, no corporations and no corruption and a vehicle that will lift all of it’s members from poverty and strife, a true society of equals building the life they want free from the tyranny of the owner class.
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
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