An individual coerced by society from material ownership is a slave. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 5:03 PM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [Chris] > Today I am forced, by the power of coercion, to be a part of the capitalist > system. > > [Arlo] > True. You can "drop out" and disavow material ownership, but you are still > regulated by the police at the social level who enforce material ownership > for > others. For example, you can say "no one owns the lakes" all you want, but > you > can't swim in them if society allows others to own them. > > Conversely, in a Marxist society, you can shout "I own this lake" all you > want, > but no police will arrive to keep others from swimming in it. And if you > take > it upon yourself to prevent others from freely using "your" lake, then you > would be locked up in the same way the Marxist would be locked up for > daring to > swim in someone's "private lake". > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
