Baldur Bjarnason
baldur@toot.cafe
> You see, if somebody robs a store, it's a crime and the state is all set and ready to nab the criminal. But if somebody steals from the commons and from the future, it's seen as an entrepreneurial activity and the state cheers and gives them tax concessions rather than arresting them. We badly need an expanded concept of justice and fairness that takes mortgaging the future into account.
- Ursula M. Franklin, The Real World of Technology
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@baldur We could call it social theft, like Engels' social murder. Or social robbery ...
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Thaolin 🇨🇦
Thaolin@mas.to
@baldur
If it is theft in the name of profit, capitalism rejoices. We are in late stage capitalism where the damage must be greater in order to achieve profits.
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@baldur Great points, but also…
*cries in 🇬🇧 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/police-wont-show-up-arrest-10003559
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@baldur It is curious how most new supposed innovation is nothing more than a dressed up version of enclosure from centuries ago. Take something that people did fine by themselves or did not pay money for and stick a business on top and charge toll. It is a reminder that most new economic activity is just rent seeking on the wider population.
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Frances Larina
Frances_Larina@sfba.socialThe Commons was a quaint concept from before the days of capitalism, when most people were able to see that cooperation, not competition, was vital to survival.
Now thanks to generations of people living in capitalist, consumer societies, people have lost sight of that view.
It's like acceptance of capitalism was dangled like a big, huge credit card humanity could borrowed against again and again until our spending habits were too big, and we reached our spending limit. But we're still the borrowers.
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Ember! 🦴
OrangeCatCatBoys
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Ember! 🦴
OrangeCatCatBoysRE: https://mastodon.social/users/devolute/statuses/110837259213837956
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@baldur most "innovations" are just finding a way to pay people less
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