Monday, June 22, 2009

The New Socialism




Fantastic article from Wired Magazine about how the Internet is fostering a new era of global collectivization. Make yourself a nice cup of tea, and take a small while to read it. Very interesting.

The New Socialism: Global Collectivist Society Is Coming Online

2 comments:

Debbie said...

a good read, "60,000 man-years of work have poured into last year's release of Fedora Linux 9" - puts things in perspective!

Old Heckler said...

"When masses of people who own the means of production work toward a common goal and share their products in common, when they contribute labor without wages and enjoy the fruits free of charge, it's not unreasonable to call that socialism."

That's the major flaw in Author's thought train. You won't call democracy a "new monarchy". Voluntary collaboration isn't a new socialism. Funny thing is that the Fiercest defenders of socialism lives in capitalism. And the last thing. Barber wire. It prevented people from getting out from socialistic people's paradises not getting in. I would always observe how people vote with their feet...