On Saturday 23 December 2006 15:20, Carlo Capocasa wrote:
> > The problem is not your vision. The problem is that unlike
> > free software or city building, your vision makes demands on
> > everyone, whether they share your vision or not.
>
> Unlike, of course, capitalism, that places demands on
> absolutely nobody, especially not young people who are
> dreaming of a life of fulfillment and adventure.
Those are demands of the existing system, and they do exist.
However, your vision involves its own system with its own as-yet
vaguely defined demands, plus the demands involved in throwing
out 5,000 years of barter and commerce, plus the demands
involved in dismantling governments, plus, I gather from your
last post, the demands involved in curing everyone on the planet
of various purported ailments of the subconscious.
And then, a century from now, after it's all implemented and
we're all "free", I give it about 25 seconds before some guy
somewhere tells some girl that he'll fix her leaky roof if only
she'll spread her legs for him, instantly bringing barter -- and
from there, capitalism -- back into the world. Maybe you could
breed the orgasm out of us to prevent that from happening, as
long as you've brought up Orwell.
Anyway, it seems a bit much just to get free music. I think
Stallman's vision -- that bits are free and no one pretends
they're the same as atoms -- is a little more workable.
> > OOooh, Free Willy!
> Can be found at your local gay bar.
Neither as free nor as much as I'd like, but that was actually a
Simpsons reference.
Rob
Received on Sun Dec 24 00:15:07 2006
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