[p2p-research] The "New" Socialism? Wired Magazine

[Ryan Lanham]

http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/17-06/nep_newsocialism#

As usual I agree with Stephen Downes' note...


*NOTE*: Via Stephen Downes<http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=49078>,
his comment.

"I think that it is a mistake to conflate online cooperation with
collaboration or collectivism. And it is not helpful to use a term
describing a form of economic organization - 'socialism' - to describe
cooperation and sharing. That is not to say that there are not overlaps, and
Kevin Kelly does a good job identifying them. But new socialists, just like
old socialists, believe that society as a whole, typically represented by
government, should ensure a certain equity of wealth and opportunity. It's
not clear that Kelly's version of socialists believe any such thing".

Ryan Lanham
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