>large-scale organization of human society presents
>logistical difficulties
Yes, exactly. Just curious: will any aspect of market-based economic theory be of any use with these difficulties, even in a fully democratic, solidaristic society?
At 03:27 PM 7/17/2006, you wrote:
>--- George Scialabba <scialabb at fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
>
> > I guess I was assuming that mass production, large
> > accumulations of
> > capital, and a significant division of labor are
> > inevitable in a high-tech
> > economy.
>
>Mass production is inevitable for a highly populated,
>urban technological society.
>
>But "capital" itself is a social relationship,
>something any communist society would have to do away
>with as a pre-condition.
>
>The same applies to the "economy." The economy is
>exactly what we have to do away with.
>
>I mean, I think I know what you mean to say, but I
>can't help being pedantic about terms like "capital"
>and "economy." I think anthropologizing social
>phenomenon that only exist with a society of
>generalized commodity production, and trying to
>project them backward and forward in time as human
>universals, is something we should avoid.
>
>But I think you and Doug are both saying that a
>large-scale organization of human society presents
>logistical difficulties, which I don't disagree with.
>
>
>
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