[lbo-talk] "pointing finger of the neighbourhood"

[Tayssir John Gabbour]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Eric <rayrena at realtime.net> wrote:
> [SF writer Ken MacLeod on Parecon]
>  The invisible hand of the market and the clenched fist of the
>  revolution give way to the pointing finger of the neighbourhood.

MacLeod's blog entry came up on another forum. He implies that you'd
have to justify your purchases to your neighbors.
http://kenmacleod.blogspot.com/2004/06/looking-upward-max-mitchell-asks.html

For what it's worth, someone pointed out that Parecon offers things
like anonymity to help keep busybodies at bay.
http://www.zmag.org/books/pareconv/Chapter18.htm#_VPID_121

I guess purchasing illegal materials would probably best be done in a
black market...

All best,
Tayssir