Doug Henwood wrote:
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> I'm very sympathetic with this position, but as Hayek cogently
> pointed out, the normal space for economic planning under socialism
> or social democracy is the nation. How, in practical terms, do you
> run an economy with completely open borders?
Socialism exists in another world, with few links to the present one. (Its links to capitalist society are with the capitalist society that has collapesed in chaos.) Nence it's fairly pointless to wonder how borders will be handled in a socialist society.
And it's actually pointless to wonder how borders will work in the present society. We are not talking about blueprints. We are talking about the demands that must shape socialist practice and theory _inside_ a hegemonic capitalism. Blacks did not achieve "Freedom Now." But they would not have achieved anything at all had they demanded anything less than Freedom Now.
Carrol