[lbo-talk] Liberal Intellectuals and the Coordinator Class

BklynMagus magcomm at ix.netcom.com
Tue Jul 17 14:34:19 PDT 2007



> How could it be otherwise? If anyone has the freedom to stop working at any time they wish and suffer absolutely no financial penalty for doing
so this maximizes their freedom, from an economic standpoint.

But how would society maintain enough people working so that some people could choose not to work without suffering any penalty?


> Perhaps I should say under any other system I know about.

It sounds good, and it works as long as enough people decide to work.


> Such a system could still have draconian laws that curtail other freedoms but I am speaking of economic freedom.

Got it.


> Perfectly just distribution of income does not guarantee maximum social freedom but it is necessary to maximize all forms of freedom.

But what is perfectly just distribution? Everyone getting exactly the same with no possibility of differentials existing between people? Or everyone getting the same base living standard which they can supplement if they choose to?

Brian



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