Lowtech
19th March 2013, 08:13
i was asked some great questions recently and decided to start a thread based on them
I would like you to explain to me your plans to re-design the infrastructure. It's intriguing.
i find that redesigning our infrastructure and specifically all skill sets will be a consequence of an economy based on economic value rather than profit. there are truly only a few things in our economy that have raw economic value. food, materials, tools, permaculture. and the workload each of us can bare would translate into productivity beyond what we achieve now. in order to sustain a civilization and ensure a peace among people and create society without economic inequality, economics must outgrow money being that money is subjective however economic value is not. i imagine most of the workforce will be in production of the baseline needed commodities, food, construction materials, tools, permacultural systems. and i use the term skill set instead of job because a job entails a menial nature, being locked into one position, whereas a person can hold as many skill sets as they are eager to learn.
also, logistical nature of how resources are allocated in a capitalist system is far too consumerist (and profit) oriented. it is simply much too inefficient and waste full to utilize resources in the manner of choosing a few designs of chairs, mass producing them, shipping them to all the corners of the earth in the hopes of people buying them. the best commodity is one that allows for customization and expand-ability. this is exactly the appeal of computer development kits. the less customization and more locked down and less reproducible a commodity, the more profitable it is (iPhone). we need quicker flexibility of moving raw resources on large scales. then on more localized levels, you have 3D printers or other local manufacturing. capitalism provides the illusion of individualism and choice, that locks you into conformity, a stock they exploit.
Could you also explain how you use the term 'mathematically'? I assume that on this forum you use it to mean 'rigorously precise' but that's just pure conjecture.
when i refer to capitalism being economically invalid and this being mathematically observable means that the observation of capitalism's exploitation and subjugation of humanity is describable and verifiable in a mathematical manner.
mathematics allows us a kind of economic "theory of everything" that unifies economics with the dire observations of capitalism and it's detrimental effects on society and the environment.
capitalist economics may use mathematics, but not as a means of verifying itself as a public utility with the intended purpose of sustaining a civilization, rather as a means to manipulate monetary systems that workers are directly alienated from via the concept of ownership of assets (ownership of the means of production).
the mathematical difference between capitalism and communism is that capitalism uses artificial scarcity to derive economic value from the working class. communism eliminates artificial scarcity by not allowing economic value to be subjectified (via money) by anyone, let alone an elitist few.
the simplest mathematical description of the plutocratic class is that the rich consume more (economic value) than they produce.
their economic impact on society is that they reduce the scarcity they experience by artificially increasing scarcity for everyone else. this is accomplished via the profit mechanism. either by selling above production cost (profit) or profitizing labor (exploitation.)
artificial scarcity also explains capital in capitalist systems. artificial scarcity inflates production cost. this inflated production cost is observed as a "need for capital." therefore, any notion that capitalism is validated by the need for capital is circular reasoning attempting to suggest that conditions produced by capitalism are also the cause of capitalism.
I would like you to explain to me your plans to re-design the infrastructure. It's intriguing.
i find that redesigning our infrastructure and specifically all skill sets will be a consequence of an economy based on economic value rather than profit. there are truly only a few things in our economy that have raw economic value. food, materials, tools, permaculture. and the workload each of us can bare would translate into productivity beyond what we achieve now. in order to sustain a civilization and ensure a peace among people and create society without economic inequality, economics must outgrow money being that money is subjective however economic value is not. i imagine most of the workforce will be in production of the baseline needed commodities, food, construction materials, tools, permacultural systems. and i use the term skill set instead of job because a job entails a menial nature, being locked into one position, whereas a person can hold as many skill sets as they are eager to learn.
also, logistical nature of how resources are allocated in a capitalist system is far too consumerist (and profit) oriented. it is simply much too inefficient and waste full to utilize resources in the manner of choosing a few designs of chairs, mass producing them, shipping them to all the corners of the earth in the hopes of people buying them. the best commodity is one that allows for customization and expand-ability. this is exactly the appeal of computer development kits. the less customization and more locked down and less reproducible a commodity, the more profitable it is (iPhone). we need quicker flexibility of moving raw resources on large scales. then on more localized levels, you have 3D printers or other local manufacturing. capitalism provides the illusion of individualism and choice, that locks you into conformity, a stock they exploit.
Could you also explain how you use the term 'mathematically'? I assume that on this forum you use it to mean 'rigorously precise' but that's just pure conjecture.
when i refer to capitalism being economically invalid and this being mathematically observable means that the observation of capitalism's exploitation and subjugation of humanity is describable and verifiable in a mathematical manner.
mathematics allows us a kind of economic "theory of everything" that unifies economics with the dire observations of capitalism and it's detrimental effects on society and the environment.
capitalist economics may use mathematics, but not as a means of verifying itself as a public utility with the intended purpose of sustaining a civilization, rather as a means to manipulate monetary systems that workers are directly alienated from via the concept of ownership of assets (ownership of the means of production).
the mathematical difference between capitalism and communism is that capitalism uses artificial scarcity to derive economic value from the working class. communism eliminates artificial scarcity by not allowing economic value to be subjectified (via money) by anyone, let alone an elitist few.
the simplest mathematical description of the plutocratic class is that the rich consume more (economic value) than they produce.
their economic impact on society is that they reduce the scarcity they experience by artificially increasing scarcity for everyone else. this is accomplished via the profit mechanism. either by selling above production cost (profit) or profitizing labor (exploitation.)
artificial scarcity also explains capital in capitalist systems. artificial scarcity inflates production cost. this inflated production cost is observed as a "need for capital." therefore, any notion that capitalism is validated by the need for capital is circular reasoning attempting to suggest that conditions produced by capitalism are also the cause of capitalism.