[p2p-research] The "Great Transformation" to "GreatCooperation". Commons, Market, Capital and the State

[Michel Bauwens]

commoning itself is of course not coercive and is by definition non-market,

but positing it as anti-market instead of anti-capitalist poses it as a
monolithic alternative against the free choice of individuals between
different relational models, including the  free choice to trade rival goods
or of being an enterpreneur

as in every aspect of life, monolithism is more dangerous than pluralism

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 2:42 AM, Dafermos, George
<G.N.Dafermos at tudelft.nl>wrote:

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>  -----Original Message-----
> From: p2presearch-bounces at listcultures.org on behalf of Michel Bauwens
> Sent: Fri 4/9/2010 9:12 PM
> To: Andreas Exner
> Cc: Peer-To-Peer Research List; commoning at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [p2p-research] The "Great Transformation" to
> "GreatCooperation". Commons, Market, Capital and the State
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> >of course, I refuse the duality pro-capitalist vs. anti-capitalist
> commons,
> >but rather see a triarchy between liberal commonism which sees it as a
> >support for capitalism, critical and autonomous commonism which accepts
> free
> >choice for markets and other non-common formats, and radical anti-market
> >commonism. I see the latter as incapable of building any new political
> >hegemony and inherently coercive.
> >
> >Michel
> >
> wow, strong statement michel. why is it that the opening up of an
> alternative path of development based on 'digging the commons' but without
> buying and selling is 'inherently coercive'?
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> x,g
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