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I don't think "post-capitalism" is possible. People will always want to trade something and there will always be markets for those things. But as technology a
by Suncho 11y ago
I don't think "post-capitalism" is possible. People will always want to trade something and there will always be markets for those things.
But as technology advances, markets for certain types of goods tend to collapse as those types of goods one-by-one become abundant. The markets for copyrights and patents haven't collapsed because we have laws propping up those particular markets.
Is this arrangement useful?
Does copyright really allow artists to operate in a capitalist society? What do you mean by "operate"? We have the stereotype of the starving artist for a reason.
- oconnore 11y ago> I don't think "post-capitalism" is possible. That wasn't really my point, but now we have: a -> b & ~b => ~a > Does copyright really allow artists to operate in a capitalist society? What do you mean by "operate"? It allows them to sell the products of their labor for money. That's a pretty fundamental requirement of capitalism, no?
- Suncho 11y agoIt allows them to sell the products of their labor for money. That's a pretty fundamental requirement of capitalism, no? Sort of. There are plenty of things we can produce that nobody would want to buy. Capitalism doesn't really describe those things. If there's no market for pre-existing art, then it wouldn't be useful to look at it though the lens of capitalism.