[ExI] Monetary Evolution Now! was REVOLUTION NOW!

[Giulio Prisco]

re "let's try to go for a modest common point, at least to begin with,
and see where that gets us..."

Nowhere. The range of political positions here is too wide to find
concrete common points. I suggest that we focus on a subset of
participants instead.

2011/11/10 Amon Zero <amon at doctrinezero.com>:
> On 10 November 2011 10:29, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I fear constructive discussion between people hormonally attached to
>> their obsolete political memes is impossible and a waste of time for
>> all.
>>
>> I think dialogue between reasonable libertarians and socialists is
>> possible, but dialogue between zealot gun-loving sociopaths who want
>> freedom for their group and oppression for others, and zealot
>> nanny-state control-freaks and thought cops who want to control the
>> life and mind of others, is not.
>>
>> We should build a new political system for reasonable free agents in a
>> reasonable and open society. It is a very difficult task, but very
>> worth.
>
>
> Yes - I agree. Tricky, but worth a shot. The tricky is to keep the meme, and
> the associated label, as simple as possible.
>
> So... starting with what we have on the table:
>
> The idea is that some part of the body politic has become malignant. Today,
> that part appears to be Capitalism. That doesn't mean that Capitalism is
> *necessarily* bad, or presuppose what we mean by Capitalism, but it does
> emphasise the idea "Something's wrong and we demand a solution to the
> problem".
>
> Do we agree on this much, as a starting point?
>
> I know that it's not radical enough for at least several people on this
> list, but let's try to go for a modest common point, at least to begin with,
> and see where that gets us...
>
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