[lbo-talk] The State and Capitalism

[John Thornton]

Miles Jackson wrote:
> John Thornton wrote:
>   
>> How would one theorize a moneyless society that was not in the mold of 
>> anarcho-primitivism and would not be more exploitative than capitalism?
>> If no one can propose any seriously plausible theory about how such a 
>> society would be structured then imaging oneself working towards that 
>> goal is literally insane.
>>
>> John Thornton
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>>     
> I have faith that other people, living under different social 
> conditions, will be much more creative and flexible than you and I will 
> ever be.  In my view, our inability to "theorize a moneyless society" is 
> a result of our own enculturation into a capitalist society; thus it's 
> not a coherent argument against the possibility of a moneyless society.
>
> Miles

Count yourself among those who are not "creative and flexible" enough to 
theorize a moneyless society if you wish but I will not count out all of 
humanity as incapable of doing this.
The onus is on those who wish to postulate that a future society will 
indeed by moneyless to theorize how this will happen otherwise it's just 
so much empty rhetoric.

John Thornton