There are two inherent questions that must be asked when discussing post-Capitalism or Marxism as a possible way of life.
1. How do we equitably share resources among a large populace, simultaneously preventing hoarding by one group and allowing for the acquisition of personal property?
2. How do we continue to ensure that equity even as the population increases over time?
In a futuristic setting like Star Trek, resources are overly plentiful, with space travel easy (allowing for mining operations and colonization of other worlds), and the matter replicators take care of both waste disposal and food requirements. A person could choose a fruitless career making macaroni art, and they would be okay with it because they’re trying to help out society.
But today, we are only just barely getting into heavy automation. Food has to be grown and there is only so much metals available to use. And giving people more time to do what they want will probably increase our birth rates.
Eww. Hope they realize that one needs to be strangled in the crib
It’s just regurgitated shit from many decades with a couple more modern nuggets. It’s playing off of news headlines and the general Japanese ignorance of the outside world.
As with most Japanese treatises of this nature, it’s more like a grad student’s rant on some subject outside their expertise. Like their 50 page essay you didn’t ask for that they didn’t really edit or outline.
Didn’t Marxism was created in the 18th century ? So how is it post-capitalism ?
Marxist critique of the book if anyone is interested.
Japan turns back to nuclear power to tackle energy crisis https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-turns-back-nuclear-power-tackle-energy-crisis-2022-12-16/
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There are two inherent questions that must be asked when discussing post-Capitalism or Marxism as a possible way of life.
1. How do we equitably share resources among a large populace, simultaneously preventing hoarding by one group and allowing for the acquisition of personal property?
2. How do we continue to ensure that equity even as the population increases over time?
In a futuristic setting like Star Trek, resources are overly plentiful, with space travel easy (allowing for mining operations and colonization of other worlds), and the matter replicators take care of both waste disposal and food requirements. A person could choose a fruitless career making macaroni art, and they would be okay with it because they’re trying to help out society.
But today, we are only just barely getting into heavy automation. Food has to be grown and there is only so much metals available to use. And giving people more time to do what they want will probably increase our birth rates.
Eww. Hope they realize that one needs to be strangled in the crib
It’s just regurgitated shit from many decades with a couple more modern nuggets. It’s playing off of news headlines and the general Japanese ignorance of the outside world.
As with most Japanese treatises of this nature, it’s more like a grad student’s rant on some subject outside their expertise. Like their 50 page essay you didn’t ask for that they didn’t really edit or outline.
Didn’t Marxism was created in the 18th century ? So how is it post-capitalism ?
Marxist critique of the book if anyone is interested.
https://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/20369_hitoshinsei-no-shihonron-capital-in-the-anthropocene-by-kohei-saito-reviewed-by-ulv-hanssen/
Why doesn’t Saito move to China, Cuba, or North Korea? He could fully immerse himself in the results of Marxist economics.