[p2p-research] Concerning wikiworld and its use of socialist terminology

Fri Apr 30 12:11:55 CEST 2010

I agree with what you say here, though knowing you, I think you are a great
romantic yourself <g>

but yes, cultures and systems need to mature during a sizeable time, and
political phase transitions come after, their level of violence a function
of the failure of the older system to change through other means. If you
look at the political revolutions at the end of feudalism, they took quite
different features in different countries. I still need to read "The first
european revolution" which says the final shift to a consolidated feudalism
occured in a pan-european way in about 975.

Do you agree with me that a deep transvaluation is taking place now, similar
to what occured at the end of the roman empire and feudalism, setting the
stage for a system that will have quite different premises?

As you may know, my own notion of mutual reconfiguration of social classes
is quite different from the marxist premise as well,

Michel

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Daniel Araya <levelsixmedia at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  It may be true Michel that Ryan and I have a similar 'cultural
> disposition' that we're both unconscious of. I concede that. There is a
> great deal of Marx's thinking that I admire. But my own subjective reasoning
> for my distaste for Marxism overall is simply that I'm not attracted to
> romanticism, whether economic (Marx), cultural (Nietzsche) or political
> (Rousseau). There is a kind of narcissism at the base of it that honestly
> repels me. I share your intuition that we will likely see a post-capitalist
> system shift at some point. And I might even concede that Marx had some
> unique vision of this shift that still gives us insight today. But I
> disagree that any economic shift in history comes about through class war,
> coercion or any other "cheap" alternative to cultural evolution. In my
> opinion, new economic systems emerge organically as cultures mature. If Marx
> had been authentic to his desire for an evolutionary model of economic
> change, I think he would have concluded this himself.
>
> Daniel
>
>
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> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:39:28 +0700
> From: michelsub2004 at gmail.com
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> To: p2presearch at listcultures.org
> Subject: Re: [p2p-research] Concerning wikiworld and its use of socialist
> terminology
>
> I understand ... I know Daniel quite well for having had him over a few
> times and staying at his place,
>
> you and him share a very broadly similar worldview, which I would call
> social liberal ... and you're both northamerican
>
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Michel,
>
> I must say I sympathize deeply with the tone Daniel is using.
>
> Ryan
>
>   On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:36 PM, Michel Bauwens <
> michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   Hi Tere,
>
> this is from a little dialogue on facebook,
>
> perhaps you want to say something about your future vision and your choice
> of terminology?
>
> couldn't find the beginning of the discussion, but you'll get the drift
>
> Michel
>
>
>  *Daniel Araya* <http://www.facebook.com/dezuanni>* *April 28 at 11:45pm
>  Michel. New models are always appreciated even if they borrow from
> 'communism'. But a direct application-- its silly.
>
> Why do you continue to deny the wealth generated by capitalism and wax
> poetic about an abstract communism that exists no where. Have you read Don
> Quixote?
>    <http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens>
>  *Michel Bauwens* <http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens>* *April 29 at 12:07am
>
>  Daniel: I gather neither you nor me actually read the book, so what are
> we talking about. As for me, I'm only talking about the real observable,
> already existing thing: the peer to peer dynamics online, and the commons of
> the physical world, not of which are abstract. So I'm wondering what you are
> referring to?
>    <http://www.facebook.com/dezuanni>
>  *Daniel Araya* <http://www.facebook.com/dezuanni>* *April 29 at 12:12am
>  I'm talking about confusing p2p with communism. One is an emergent form
> (growing out of the real capacities of networks--- collective intelligence).
> The other is a romantic vision for a secular paradise of worker coops. They
> may be parallel but in my mind they're not the same.
>
> Don't be offended. Just reacting to the liberal use of the word 'communism'
> in that wikiworld book.
>    <http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens>
>  *Michel Bauwens* <http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens>* *April 29 at 9:48am
>  technically, p2p as a social mode is what alan page fiske calls communcal
> chareholding, i.e. exchange with a totality, it is not related to workers
> coop, which is currently just a different market modality, unless there
> would not be work for money exchange in the coop. as far as I can see Tere's
> is asking is how do we get from p2p in the immaterial world, to a system of
> worker coops. If that is your usage of communism (in old marxist terms, this
> is what technically would rather be socialism, i.e. the intermediary stage
> where there is still exchange, i.e. everyone gets rewarded according to
> effort.
>    <http://www.facebook.com/dezuanni>
>  *Daniel Araya* <http://www.facebook.com/dezuanni>* *April 29 at 10:07am
>  Michel, you are humorless on this subject. The point is not "my
> interpretation" but the common understanding of a term loaded with
> generations of assumptions. It is not merely an empty signifier but comes
> with over a century of political contestation. Tere clearly uses the term
> communism to highlight Marxism not despite it. So its not some 'new road'
> he's pointing to but a mere restating of a well-worn gospel. Build a working
> an example of this utopia and I'm sure people will begin to take it
> seriously again. Until then...
>    <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=528245547>
>  *Michel Bauwens* <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=528245547>* *April
> 29 at 10:32am
>  that is why I personally not use this terminology, because indeed it is
> so loaded, and certainly in the U.S., can only lead to misinterpretation
>
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