• Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
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    21 days ago

    Exchanging favors and services works only on a very small scale.

    1. Care to back up that thesis with some kind of proof?
    2. I think OP wants to step away from all that transactional “exchange” business.
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      21 days ago

      Walk me trough a simple chain of trades that results in the building of a power plant. An automobile. Medical research.

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        Walk me trough a simple chain of trades

        Trading is the wrong paradigm already. Medical research is already publicly funded, too.

        It’s basically councils all the way down. A consumer council decides that a power plant is needed. It declares the powers and limits that a group of delegates has in order to facilitate the building of the plant. This includes the request for/acquisition of the necessary materials and needed workforce.

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          21 days ago

          And if people don’t want to build a power plant? Does your council beat them until they do?

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            If they don’t want to build a power plant, why would they decide to build one? The council is made up of the people.

            (You’re kind of describing capitalism, btw)

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              So what are you going to give the people who build the power plant? Who will give them resources? How much?

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                They’d be given the resources they’d need to build the power plant. If not enough volunteers are found, they’d probably get some sort of benefit as a motivation. Like some luxury items or relief from some other public service.

                The resources are given from the place were they’re from.

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        How what would work on a global scale?

        A peasant in the 1500s wouldn’t ever have been able to predict how capitalism would work out in the end. How am I supposed to explain in a detailed manner how production would work in a society that has superceeded capitalism?

        If you want to read further, there are two recommendations:

        1. Anarchy Works by Peter Gelderloos
        2. Anarchist FAQ, Section I

        About travel: What exactly do you mean? You would simply travel. It’s even easier without borders.