Was wondering if anyone wants to jump in on a few post-capitalist theoretical issues....

- Would people need / socially-be-able to use *padlocks* in a post-capitalist society -- ? (In other words, to what extents could people claim 'personal property' -- ? What might the criteria for this be -- ? Would one have to have all of their possessions *on* or *around* them, or would one be able to 'label' or lock-up one's possessions while away from them, to return to them later -- ? How would an egalitarian society determine the *limit* of stuff, and the maximum 'time-away' from it, for one person / family / small-group to claim as theirs, solely -- ?

Possession in Communism

https://www.revleft.com/vb/threads/1...n-in-Communism


- Considering that a *redistribution* of *existing* goods / resources / materials (choice plots of land, mansions, skyscrapers, collectables, etc.) would *precede* new collectivist production, how would *this* aspect be handled, possibly -- ? In an egalitarian society how would a potential conflict be resolved if 100 people from the local area all wanted to put their home on a certain, particularly scenic overlook -- ? ('Additive prioritizations', tinyurl.com/additive-prioritizations.)

- Here's a 'thought experiment' from a few years ago:


Originally Posted by ckaihatsu

My favorite illustrative scenario for this -- if you'll entertain it -- is that of a landscape artist in such a post-commodity world.

They make public their artistic endeavor to drape a prominent extended length of cliffs with their creation, and they'll require a custom-made fabric that is enormous and must be made with a blending of precious and rare metals formed as long threads.

Who is to deny them? (Or, how exactly would be this treated, politically?)

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And, finally, how would 'button-pushing' labor be valuated by a post-capitalist society that's nearly-fully- or fully-automated -- ? Perhaps all that's needed is for someone to get on a laptop and execute a script file so as to initiate production for unmet demand in the tens or hundreds of thousands, all for the same thing. How would this key person be 'chosen' by these masses of consumers, and how should they be compensated for this effort, if at all -- ? (A corollary would be how would those who do the technical work to fully-automate a mechanical process be socially recognized, such as creating an Internet / web self-service link (webpage) to a 3D printer, so that anyone could submit their 'jobs' to the queue, for physical printing -- ?) (Why would anyone *bother* to work to fully-automate a process such as this one if they received *no* reciprocal social recognition or material recompense of some sort for such efforts, even if this kind of automation was objectively needed and unmet for *millions* of people -- ?)