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I think in a world where profit is not the motive, you can have room for things like decentralized social networks, worker owned cooperatives with social good a
by lefrenchy 6y ago
I think in a world where profit is not the motive, you can have room for things like decentralized social networks, worker owned cooperatives with social good as the incentive instead of monopoly and capital. I think that makes power centralization and corruption harder, but it is certainly not immune. I think you're right though that any analysis that does not account for power will lack substance.
- zepto 6y agoWe have room for worker owned cooperatives and decentralized social networks already. A world where profit is not the motive, honestly sounds great to me, but it’s not a real counterfactual unless someone explains how it would work. Without such an explanation it’s like talking about a world where nobody needs to eat. You can imagine it would be good, and somehow possible in some sci-fi future, but there are no actual examples.
- lefrenchy 6y agoI actually think this is an interesting problem we face currently. I really liked Mark Fisher's book "Capitalist Realism" in which he touches on how we can no longer imagine a society outside of our capitalist one. I agree though, it's a hard future to sketch out.
- zepto 6y agoYes, I actually would like to see one imagined. I’m curious about whether there is a tldr about why we can no longer imagine a society outside of capitalism?