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>This seems a description of a lawless society. GP specifically mentioned property law. >Property law is a cornerstone of civilization. This is a dubious cla
by claudiawerner 6y ago
>This seems a description of a lawless society.
GP specifically mentioned property law.
>Property law is a cornerstone of civilization.
This is a dubious claim, but I believe GP is specifically referring to property rights and law under capitalism, which until quite recently in human history was not the cornerstone of civilization. Property law worked much differently in pre-capitalist societies, and through the enclosures in Western Europe and imperialism off the continent, it is by no means a stretch to declare it as originating in violence and requiring a monopololy on violence by the state to continue to exist.
'If money, according to Augier, “comes into the world with a congenital blood-stain on one cheek,” capital comes dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt.'
- narag 6y agoGP specifically mentioned property law. Exactly. "...capital comes dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt." This is a way to look at things as useless as the "natural state" thing, and for the same reason: it's looking back, not forward. It's condemning the money and the production means as evil because of their origin, not their usefulness. It's far more interesting to look at how societies evolve when you tweak the rules. It turns out that the results of abolishing capitalism are not pretty.