[p2p-research] Why Post-Capitalism is Rubbish

[Christian Siefkes]

Hi Stan, all,

Stan Rhodes wrote:
> Christian, your peerconomy is a market in everything but name.

Yes, I know. Some people (like you) say it's like a market; some say it
isn't a market but would evolve into one; some say isn't not a market but
could never possible work; some say it could work in theory but is
impossible to reach from where we're now; some (in German) even said it's
like the classical "socialist" planned economies; some are happy with it.
That's one of the reasons why I think that I'm really describing something
new*: people can't agree in which way to dismiss it ;-)

*Actually, it's not new and I don't claim it to be -- the commons- and
pool-based mode of production which I describe is in many ways quite old,
probably as old as humanity itself. But it has been almost entirely
forgotten -- that much is changing, however.

Best regards
	Christian

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