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> nor is Yannis Varoufakis even remotely advocating eliminating the notion of private property ownership. uh, yes, he does. > I try to create a vision of a li

by _oghd 3y ago

> nor is Yannis Varoufakis even remotely advocating eliminating the notion of private property ownership. uh, yes, he does. > I try to create a vision of a liberal, socialist society that is not based on private property but does use money as a vehicle for exchange and markets as coordinating devices. I preserve money and markets because the alternative would be to fall to some fearsome hierarchical control, which, for me, is a nightmare scenario. https://greattransition.org/publication/another-europe-is-possible https://greattransition.org/publication/another-europe-is-po... whether you agree with Marx or not, his description of capitalism is at the very least, complete. and it's his definition I used.

DaiPlusPlus 3y ago
> uh, yes, he does. I clarify, I meant in the linked article; not an interview from years ago.
- _oghd 3y ago
  in the original article.... I quote: >Towards the end of Technofeudalism, Varoufakis canvasses some proposals, drawn from his earlier book Another Now (2020), for how to address these issues. These include ending the cloudalists faux “free service” model and replacing it with a universal micro-payment model, instituting a Bill of Digital Rights, and using digital technology to “democratise companies” (with decisions being taken collectively by “employee-shareholders”) employee owned coops are a major socialist idea, and are a definitive step away from privately owned capital, toward collectively owned production by the employees (proletariat, if you will). so, yes. he does. in this article.
  - DaiPlusPlus 3y ago
    When you talk of abolishing "private property" ownership that wasn't what I had in mind; instead, peoples' minds immediately jump to an image of a state-sanctioned jackbooted thug taking away my GameBoy... and I'm pretty confident Yannis isn't advocating for that.
    - cassianoleal 3y ago
      That's because no one advocates for that. When communists talk about ending private property, it's specifically about the means of production. Your GameBoy, as well as your car, your house, your bed, your computer, etc. are personal property and nobody wants to take that away from you.

by _oghd 3y ago

DaiPlusPlus 3y ago

> uh, yes, he does. I clarify, I meant in the linked article; not an interview from years ago.

_oghd 3y ago
in the original article.... I quote: >Towards the end of Technofeudalism, Varoufakis canvasses some proposals, drawn from his earlier book Another Now (2020), for how to address these issues. These include ending the cloudalists faux “free service” model and replacing it with a universal micro-payment model, instituting a Bill of Digital Rights, and using digital technology to “democratise companies” (with decisions being taken collectively by “employee-shareholders”) employee owned coops are a major socialist idea, and are a definitive step away from privately owned capital, toward collectively owned production by the employees (proletariat, if you will). so, yes. he does. in this article.
- DaiPlusPlus 3y ago
  When you talk of abolishing "private property" ownership that wasn't what I had in mind; instead, peoples' minds immediately jump to an image of a state-sanctioned jackbooted thug taking away my GameBoy... and I'm pretty confident Yannis isn't advocating for that.
  - cassianoleal 3y ago
    That's because no one advocates for that. When communists talk about ending private property, it's specifically about the means of production. Your GameBoy, as well as your car, your house, your bed, your computer, etc. are personal property and nobody wants to take that away from you.