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Quote from: altuin on December 28, 2011, 10:56:28 PM

Personally, I support something along the lines of a monarch, where exactly one person is in control, to avoid arguing with themselves, but elected for a short period. No congress, no representatives, no nothing, and the in-charge can run the government however they want. It will make it more efficient and better suited for a changing wolrd

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Quote from: altuin on December 28, 2011, 10:56:28 PM

Personally, I support something along the lines of a monarch, where exactly one person is in control, to avoid arguing with themselves, but elected for a short period. No congress, no representatives, no nothing, and the in-charge can run the government however they want. It will make it more efficient and better suited for a changing wolrd

Welcome to North Korea. Have fun there.

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So there's a libertarian socialist community living pretty much independently somewhere. The offspring of one of the founders discovers a well (or oil, or whatever natural resource), while digging a new foundation for his/her house. That person is an ass and decides they deserve a larger share of the community pot in return for the water. Or if they are more clever, they could obfuscate how much water is really down there and how difficult it is to attain, thereby artificially limiting the supply and getting more of other resources in return for relatively little work.

How would such a community deal with this situation?

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Quote from: bb113 on December 28, 2011, 11:51:18 PM

What if someone does not want to share?

Then they dont. Most libertatian socialists advocate voluntary associations, rather than forcing people in to it. Which kinda makes sense, as by its very nature the movement is opposed to authority and statehood.

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Quote from: altuin on December 28, 2011, 10:56:28 PM

Personally, I support something along the lines of a monarch, where exactly one person is in control, to avoid arguing with themselves, but elected for a short period. No congress, no representatives, no nothing, and the in-charge can run the government however they want. It will make it more efficient and better suited for a changing wolrd

Really? And you think you could elect someone uncorruptable enough that there is no need for checks and balances, and that this despote would actually rule in favor of the people and not himself and his inner circle? And that he wouldnt change the laws so he could be re-"elected" again, over and over? Care to give a historical example, preferably that worked better, than say, Putin?

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Quote from: P4man on December 28, 2011, 05:06:38 AM

Quote from: The Script on December 28, 2011, 04:44:16 AM

Perhaps when we speak of capitalism we are not meaning the same thing. I guess what I would want to know is in Chomksy's or your socialist anarchy would you use force against me to take away my property?

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This is also what I don't get. It seems to me there is no avoiding a central authority with socialism. What if someone does not want to share?

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Personally, I support something along the lines of a monarch, where exactly one person is in control, to avoid arguing with themselves, but elected for a short period. No congress, no representatives, no nothing, and the in-charge can run the government however they want. It will make it more efficient and better suited for a changing wolrd

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Quote from: The Script on December 28, 2011, 04:44:16 AM

Perhaps when we speak of capitalism we are not meaning the same thing.

This. It is a collusion between the state and business along with perverse circumstances that is the issue anarcho-socialists have with what they call 'Capitalism'. See Roderick Long's discussion on this topic.

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Quote from: The Script on December 28, 2011, 04:44:16 AM

Perhaps when we speak of capitalism we are not meaning the same thing. I guess what I would want to know is in Chomksy's or your socialist anarchy would you use force against me to take away my property?

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Chomsky is a highly intelligent individual, there's no doubt about that, and I have great respect for him. But I don't understand the fear of capitalism and the desire to "get past it". Perhaps when we speak of capitalism we are not meaning the same thing. I guess what I would want to know is in Chomksy's or your socialist anarchy would you use force against me to take away my property?

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Quote from: TheMarketAnarchist on December 27, 2011, 09:50:13 PM

Why do we need to move "beyond Capitalism"? What's wrong with Capitalism? The problem is crony capitalism and government intervention in the free market. Capitalism is fine. It isn't the problem.

The problem is that wealth gets you power. And power gets you wealth. The system is incompatible with democracy. We are headed towards corporate feudalism.

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Chomsky is a socialist who either doesn't fully understand or who deliberately misrepresents capitalism.

If he is a socialist, then its in the original meaning of the word, which one would better call libertarian socialist or anarchist, since the word "socialism" has lost all meaning, after being applied to various totalitarian state regimes that are anything but socialist and almost opposite of what people like Chomsky stand for.

As for Chomsky not understanding capitalism.. yeah right. Maybe he should read a book or something Roll Eyes

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Why do we need to move "beyond Capitalism"? What's wrong with Capitalism? The problem is crony capitalism and government intervention in the free market. Capitalism is fine. It isn't the problem. Chomsky is a socialist who either doesn't fully understand or who deliberately misrepresents capitalism.

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As much as I resent our current political and economic system, I dont see "Somalia-style" libertarianism as a viable alternative, let alone neo-communist state socialism, so Im intigued about learning about alternatives. Ive always been a fan of Noam Chomsky, I think this guy is thinking in the same direction:

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=767&Itemid=74&jumival=7745

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