classless society in motion
book rec via michel bauwens here [https://twitter.com/mbauwens/status/1694679840535056424?s=20]:
I have not read this, but this is one of the first potential ‘marxist’ treatments of decentralized economic coordination: (from his previous tweet – but not threaded)
oops, here is the title of the book mentioned in the previous tweet: The Classless Society in Motion. A New Theory of Communist Economy. By Donal Costello and Tom O’Brien. [https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/part-1-value-amp-the-history-of-socialist-economic-planning/]:
Donal Costello is an Irish Marxist, studying a masters degree in engineering cybernetics in Kazan National Research Technical University, Russia
Tom O’Brien is also an Irish Marxist, and is the host of the ‘From Alpha To Omega’ political economy podcast.
They stumbled upon each other on the internet, through a mutual interest in the ‘Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution’. This chance meeting led to an intense and immensely fruitful dialogue over the implications of the Fundamental Principles, the logical outcome of which is this project.
from his next tweet (not threaded):
Why I am posting this ? Because I will write this semester, an overview of the potential for mutual coordination economics, which also prompts me to look back at both market and planning-based coordination systems. With research assistant Mayssam Daboul from Lebanon.
need to let go of any form of m\a\p for the dance to dance.. aka: org around legit needs
notes/quotes from just reading from link (blurp from each chapter):
Chapter 6: Towards a New Socialism and Central Planning (~20 pages)
We also briefly address socialist theoretical work which places an inordinate emphasis on technical change, such as the Republic of Walmart and Fully Automated Luxury Communism (FALC). These are critiqued for neglecting deeper questions of social relations.. t
mufleh humanity law: we have seen advances in every aspect of our lives except our humanity– Luma Mufleh
need 1st/most: means to undo our hierarchical listening to self/others/nature as global detox/re\set.. so we can org around legit needs
need tech as nonjudgmental expo labeling
Chapter 7: Cybernetics, Cybersyn and Stafford Beer (~30 pages)
Show how algedonics can *replace the need for the price mechanism and the capitalist market.. t We discuss how complex systems incorporate both decentralised and hierarchical structures to maintain viability, and what this means for the **organisational forms necessary for a socialist society..t
*perhaps let’s try/code money (any form of measuring/accounting) as the planned obsolescence w/ubi as temp placebo.. where legit needs are met w/o money.. till people forget about measuring
need a means/way sans any form of m\a\p
**just need to org around legit needs.. all else cancerous distractions
Why localised self-organisation is the basis..t for any advanced functioning economy and is especially crucial to a socialist economy.
imagine if we listened to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & used that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness as nonjudgmental expo labeling)
for oikos (the economy our souls crave).. ‘i should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.’ – gaston bachelard, the poetics of space
Chapter 12: Anthropology & the material basis of socialism (~20 pages)
The conditions necessary for non-exploitative social relations. .t
hari rat park law.. conditions: sans any form of m\a\p.. so tech as nonjudgmental expo labeling
Chapter 17: Accumulation and Savings in Socialism (~15 pages)
We show how accumulation is a necessary component of a socialist society.
oi.. testart storage law et al.. graeber stop at enough law et al..
Chapter 23: Day in the life of production unit (~15 pages)
A simple, clear account of what a working day in a labour time planned socialist society would look and feel like, from the perspective of different kinds of goods and service producers. This will make concrete for the reader what has previously been discussed in the abstract.
rather.. a nother way
again.. imagine if we listened to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & used that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness as nonjudgmental expo labeling)
in the city.. as the day
Chapter 24: The Development of a Socialist Society (~30 pages)
We discuss how a socialist society can develop from a lower to a higher stage and the inherent dynamics of expansion implied by the economic foundations of a labour time accounting approach. We also discuss the *importance productivity plays in maintaining the stability and viability of the system. A game theoretical approach is brought to the likely geo-politics of a successful socialist society/revolution, and any implications this may have for the **defence of the society from outside attack..t We discuss the ***necessary economic guidelines within which new layers of incentive and regulation can continually develop as needed to maintain the essential classless basis of the society..t
*oi.. norton productivity law et al.. rather.. ‘in undisturbed ecosystems ..the average individual, species, or population, left to its own devices, behaves in ways that serve and stabilize the whole..’ –Dana Meadows
**no defense needed if it’s all of us.. then ie: gershenfeld something else law best/safest
***oi.. if have guidelines/incentive/reg.. (any form of m\a\p).. already classed/exploitive/oppressive cancerous distraction
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