[p2p-research] The three exodus and the transition towards the p2p society

[Kevin Carson]

On 4/27/10, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 1. The world is urbanizing in a hurry.  That isn't slowing.  So exodus seems
> some time away.

I think the third exodus Michel describes is an exodus with the others
mainly by way of analogy.  He doesn't mean it as a physical exodus in
the same sense as the two previous ones, but rather a dropping out in
place that's fully compatible with urban residence.  It takes the
primary form of dropping out, completely or partially, from wage
employment.  It's what James O'Connor described as "conserving
labour-power" in Accumulation Crisis, as workers shifted to shorter
hours and produced a greater share of total consumption value in the
informal sector.  A good example might be the creation of Web 2.0 by
unemployed tech workers following the collapse of the Tech Boom.

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