Comments on: Peer-to-peer production and the coming of the commons http://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-coming-of-the-commons/ Red Pepper Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Il Carbonetto http://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-coming-of-the-commons/#comment-93620 Il Carbonetto Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:11:58 +0000 http://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=7746#comment-93620 Bauwens offers a useful summary of the state of the commons. Useful to have all such information in the compact space of an article. Two points: 1) The emergence of new paradigms of means of production, distribution, and value could play two complementary and opposing roles: the first role, could provide a new 'ideology' for capitalist forms of production, to justify the disengagement of responsibility towards labour and the social state; the second role, a genuine alternative to capitalism. The importance of assessing which of the two options will prevail is obviously very important. 2) Such new forms of productions, exchange, and creation of value will evolve into an alternative to capitalism, only if they will precipitate the formation of a new social class of commoners producer gaining hegemony. The hybrid present state of collaboration between capital and commons seems to be a transitional phase, before the real struggle begins. Bauwens offers a useful summary of the state of the commons. Useful to have all such information in the compact space of an article.

Two points:
1) The emergence of new paradigms of means of production, distribution, and value could play two complementary and opposing roles: the first role, could provide a new ‘ideology’ for capitalist forms of production, to justify the disengagement of responsibility towards labour and the social state; the second role, a genuine alternative to capitalism. The importance of assessing which of the two options will prevail is obviously very important.

2) Such new forms of productions, exchange, and creation of value will evolve into an alternative to capitalism, only if they will precipitate the formation of a new social class of commoners producer gaining hegemony. The hybrid present state of collaboration between capital and commons seems to be a transitional phase, before the real struggle begins.

]]> By: Sandwichman http://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-coming-of-the-commons/#comment-71846 Sandwichman Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:31:11 +0000 http://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=7746#comment-71846 "Would it help to see labour as human creativity as itself a commons?" Yes. "Not only can employment be regarded as one more common pool resource among others, it can also be argued that it is the common pool resource par excellence – the instance that stands as the single most far-reaching and democratically vital model of a common pool resource." http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/book-of-the-week-labor-is-not-a-commodity-but-a-commons/2011/08/08 see also: http://ecologicalheadstand.blogspot.com/p/time-on-ledger-social-accounting-for.html “Would it help to see labour as human creativity as itself a commons?”

Yes. “Not only can employment be regarded as one more common pool resource among others, it can also be argued that it is the common pool resource par excellence – the instance that stands as the single most far-reaching and democratically vital model of a common pool resource.”

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/book-of-the-week-labor-is-not-a-commodity-but-a-commons/2011/08/08

see also:

http://ecologicalheadstand.blogspot.com/p/time-on-ledger-social-accounting-for.html

]]> By: Robert David Steele http://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-coming-of-the-commons/#comment-69488 Robert David Steele Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:22:06 +0000 http://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=7746#comment-69488 Capitalism has suffered two major flaws since its modern adoption. First, information assymetries have consistently favored buyers over sellers and intermediaries over both (e.g. Wall Street). Second, no provision has been made for free-riders and corruption. No one goes to jail today for exploding entire economies (except in Iceland). "Moral Capitalism" is consistent with all religions but has been dishonored by the Griftopia blend of criminal government and criminal finance. "Open Capitalism" appears to be an emerging term of art, and an excellent focal point for the near future. Implicit in Open Capitalism is human scale and local to local resilience, with a very strong emphasis on "true cost" for the entire supply chain of every behavior, product, and service. DuckDuckGo on "Open Capitalism" Capitalism has suffered two major flaws since its modern adoption. First, information assymetries have consistently favored buyers over sellers and intermediaries over both (e.g. Wall Street). Second, no provision has been made for free-riders and corruption. No one goes to jail today for exploding entire economies (except in Iceland). “Moral Capitalism” is consistent with all religions but has been dishonored by the Griftopia blend of criminal government and criminal finance. “Open Capitalism” appears to be an emerging term of art, and an excellent focal point for the near future. Implicit in Open Capitalism is human scale and local to local resilience, with a very strong emphasis on “true cost” for the entire supply chain of every behavior, product, and service.
DuckDuckGo on “Open Capitalism”

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