We talk constantly of destroying capitalism but how seriously can we use an economic model which was developed for an industrial and agriculture based society and edit it to fit the Information based economy?
I am not having doubts about an anarchist revolution or society, i know one day we will reach it, my question is simply is do we have the knowledge to create anarchy in this new age?
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I came up with a couple of things which would needed but i need everyone elses ideas on this.
1. Society would have to go through a transitional period of anarcho-capitalism otherwise there would be mass unemployment due to most people being employed in the information industry would be jobless because they count on competing for consumers for jobs which is the main reason why i put this thread up.
2. The revolution would have to be widespread over a large geographical area as self sufficient communities could not be instantly sustainable without a sort of trade of produce based on wants and needs of the population.
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I Hope this opens the way for good precise ideas on how we can change an information capitalist economy to a sustainable Anarchist economy.
think that's bit of a dead end to be honest. Basic principal of capitalism is the same whether it producing corn and iron or code. And if you doubt the economic model for understanding capitalism doesn't function anymore, then how do the managers and adiministraors of capital still manage to opperate?
Is it a case of drawing up a blue print for a new age? We're not some kind of leninist drawing up a new economic plan. So we might not have knowledge for this new age, but lets focus on how we can create alternatives to capitalism in the here and now.
fuck i forgot anarchy was all about full employment
How about instead we look what happen's in period of massive unemployment? Recent events in argentina for example, people took control of there old workplaces, set up community gardens and allotments, basically provided for themselves without having bosses run it for them. Even if we do except that most people are employed in the 'information industries' (which I don't) and only 'manual' labour will exist in anarchic societies (which i also don't) then those employed in info industries could go and work in manual task and cut everones work load by half, whilst still producing the same amount of 'useful' goods.