- 30 Oct 2012 00:38
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I want to make a quick outline of the major differences between modern capitalism and the catallactic economy of libertarian theories.
1) how do you come to own property?
Capitalism has no set rules for this, it has the flexibility to declare property to be so for whatever pragmatic reason it might have, from the owning of national parks to the declaration of ownership change in eminent domain. As such it cannot be described as having a theory of how you come to own property, except nominally.
Catallaxy draws heavily from lockean homesteading, you own yourself (a presupposition that not all accept but is integral to catallaxy), through yourself you own your labor, and when you mix your labor into a project you own it. There is no other way to own property except of course to trade your labor and it's products in exchange for the property of others.
2) what does ownership mean?
In capitalism, ownership means that you have total rights to the area or object in question excepting where the government (controlled mainly through capitalists) determines that it controlls an aspect in the name of preserving the system. Ownership entails no specific efforts on your part.
In catallaxy owning something means that you have the right not to be interfered with in that project, if you own a home having someone enter would be interference with your purpose of living there. However if you own a logging company and have a planted field of trees not immediately needed to log, if someone walks through it they are not interfering with your purpose and you cannot exclude them from this. You have control of only the specific part related to your labor and no rights to exclusion or control over any other projects in or on the area in question.
3) how do you continue to own property?
In capitalism you own property forever with no obligations required to continue ownership, except where capitalists collectively determine that losing said property is necessary for the continuation of the system.
In catallaxy since you own things only because you labor is in them your ownership is always tied to you maintaining the condition of having labor in it. Either by inputing your own labor or having labor freely sold to you. Depending on the property in question over a period of time you lose control over your property, such as an unused field or An unworked factory. This means that if laborers refuse to sell you their labor and you cannot replace them you will lose ownership. This results in the fact that unless you can offer a deal to the laborers that will ensure they will prefer to work for you and not themselves you will lose your property. The larger your holdings the more difficult it will be to maintain ownership. At a certain point when the size of the firm in question is large to the point where specialized workers that preform things that cannot be easily replaced, or they are irreplaceable, it will be nearly impossible to maintain sole ownership unless the value you produce is so enormous that you add massively to the incomes of all workers and add value to society at large.
Any questions or other aspects you would like me to go over.
1) how do you come to own property?
Capitalism has no set rules for this, it has the flexibility to declare property to be so for whatever pragmatic reason it might have, from the owning of national parks to the declaration of ownership change in eminent domain. As such it cannot be described as having a theory of how you come to own property, except nominally.
Catallaxy draws heavily from lockean homesteading, you own yourself (a presupposition that not all accept but is integral to catallaxy), through yourself you own your labor, and when you mix your labor into a project you own it. There is no other way to own property except of course to trade your labor and it's products in exchange for the property of others.
2) what does ownership mean?
In capitalism, ownership means that you have total rights to the area or object in question excepting where the government (controlled mainly through capitalists) determines that it controlls an aspect in the name of preserving the system. Ownership entails no specific efforts on your part.
In catallaxy owning something means that you have the right not to be interfered with in that project, if you own a home having someone enter would be interference with your purpose of living there. However if you own a logging company and have a planted field of trees not immediately needed to log, if someone walks through it they are not interfering with your purpose and you cannot exclude them from this. You have control of only the specific part related to your labor and no rights to exclusion or control over any other projects in or on the area in question.
3) how do you continue to own property?
In capitalism you own property forever with no obligations required to continue ownership, except where capitalists collectively determine that losing said property is necessary for the continuation of the system.
In catallaxy since you own things only because you labor is in them your ownership is always tied to you maintaining the condition of having labor in it. Either by inputing your own labor or having labor freely sold to you. Depending on the property in question over a period of time you lose control over your property, such as an unused field or An unworked factory. This means that if laborers refuse to sell you their labor and you cannot replace them you will lose ownership. This results in the fact that unless you can offer a deal to the laborers that will ensure they will prefer to work for you and not themselves you will lose your property. The larger your holdings the more difficult it will be to maintain ownership. At a certain point when the size of the firm in question is large to the point where specialized workers that preform things that cannot be easily replaced, or they are irreplaceable, it will be nearly impossible to maintain sole ownership unless the value you produce is so enormous that you add massively to the incomes of all workers and add value to society at large.
Any questions or other aspects you would like me to go over.
My dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders.