[p2p-research] Venture Communism or social capitalism

[Ryan Lanham]

My own view of this is that ownership is moot in p2p.  The point is
governance.  Ownership pre-supposes a certain path of knowledge and
historicism that entails rights to control based on claims that are not
necessarily permanent, sustainable, or just.  This is another reason why I
doubt seriously the morality of socialism.  Socialism entrails state
control.  Mutualism does not.  P2P is much more inherently mutualist.  That
is why the ethos of trust and responsibility becomes central.  It is not a
carrot and stick society but a volunteer and contribute society.

I would further argue that the only reasonable modes of p2p governance
ultimately fall in the collaborative space.  Any project that becomes too
ego-centric, too controlled for particular interests (that are not
inherently outsider/disenfranchised interests) is not p2p.

Ryan Lanham



On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Patrick Anderson <agnucius at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dante-Gabryell Monson wrote:
>
> > What property ideologies best support p2p emergence and sustainability?
>
> Is part of your question the the sub-question of *who* should be the
> owners?
>
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