[lbo-talk] Leninist/Maoist Finance? boddi

[boddi satva]

On 1/7/06, Mike Ballard <swillsqueal at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Cmde. Brown
>
> > CB: Anarchy of production is definitely a crazy and stupid
> > idea. Getting rid of the state is not.
>
>
> And replacing it with what exactly?
>
> Wojtek
>
> ***************
>
> Sorry to intervene, but how about a classless governement, a class based
> government being the essence of a State?
>
> I always liked this take:
>
> Socialism will be a society in which the things we need to live, work and
> control our own lives--the industries, services and natural resources--are
> collectively owned by all the people, and in which the democratic organization
> of the people within the industries and services is the government. Socialism
> means that government of the people, for the people and by the people will
> become a reality for the first time.
>

This sounds like a state to me - and an extensive one.

The question is how to facilitate the practical, real communication
between producers and consumers. Without a financial system, how do
you do that?

boddi