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The root problem is that instead of being able to appropriate resources from nature and produce what we need as individuals directly, we've been corralled into
by wissler 14y ago
The root problem is that instead of being able to appropriate resources from nature and produce what we need as individuals directly, we've been corralled into a setup where we have to get permission from government to appropriate and transform raw materials. This is a completely artificial man-made problem, due to various forms of fiat property, one important class being patents, another being government-granted permission for resource extraction (but this is not exhaustive).
It wasn't always so. Early man could claim and transform resources as he needed. Now we are required, on pain of death really (if we try to disobey we will be arrested, if we don't comply with the arrest we will be shot), to either plug into the existing economic structures -- or to starve to death.
- Riesling 14y ago> It wasn't always so. Early man could claim and transform resources as he needed. Now we are required, on pain of death really (if we try to disobey we will be arrested, if we don't comply with the arrest we will be shot), to either plug into the existing ecoIt wasn't always so. Early man could claim and transform resources as he needed. Now we are required, on pain of death really (if we try to disobey we will be arrested, if we don't comply with the arrest we will be shot), to either plug into the existing economic structures -- or to starve to death.nomic structures -- or to starve to death. And this is in my opinion the number one argument for socialism. We have taken people the possibility to go into self providing mode (by claiming land and producing food and shelter) because WE as a society PROFIT from it. If some people are not able to find a job in our current system, then we have the obligation to make sure that those people still have access to our basic services (food, shelter, healthcare).