[lbo-talk] New blog on social security and the economy

[Max Sawicky]

Get rid of the state and let's have some big collective mutual aid,
along with collective mutual taxes and collective mutual cops to
make sure the taxes get collected.

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Chuck Munson <chuck0munson at gmail.com>wrote:


> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Mark Rickling <mrickling at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm confused. Social Security is a state program. What's the anarchist
> position on that?
> >
> > If memory serves correct, about a decade ago Chuck was touting online
> > a DIY pension plan as an anarchist alternative to Social Security.
> > Never could wrap my head around the details . . .
>
> Don't remember that. I think Eric would explain how the social
> security program had its origins as a state-run mutual aid program.
> Obviously, as an anarchist, I'm not much interested in state-run
> programs as the long term goal, but I guess it is an example of how
> collective mutual aid works on a large scale. I don't know much about
> it, just waiting for Laursen's book to find a publisher so I can read
> it.
>
> Chuck
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