Kermit Snelson on Fri, 18 Jan 2002 00:57:01 +0100 (CET) |
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[Nettime-bold] RE: <nettime> Open Source and Open Money |
Keith Hart's most recent post pretty much says it all. I fully agree with every paragraph except the fourth, in which he speaks of LETS as a Hayek-inspired "little furry mammal" strategy against the dinosaur establishment. I like to argue at the level of ideas, not personalities. Therefore, I'll leave it to the Googlers on this list to decide for themselves how well the late University of Chicago professor Friedrich von Hayek's work has served Engels's ideals of socialism and economic democracy. Instead, I'll just ask a question. When you think of opening up a commons to democratic control, is "privatization" the first word that springs to mind? Consider the recent history of commons such as railroads, airlines, power grids, postal services, telephone exchanges. Who do you think has been behind the move to privatize them? And who would benefit most from privatizing what is perhaps the most vital (human-made) commons of all: cash? The exercise I suggested in the last paragraph may provide some hints. Kermit Snelson _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold