Dear Bill and f/w friends,
Thanks, also, in abundance for this.
Firstly, I *absolutely* agree that we need to move from the concept (legally
enforced!) of 'Ownership' to one of 'Stewardship.'
("Possessions possess" and all that!)
Secondly, thanks Bill (Bill? William? Will?) for completing the Table
(below).
My thoughts had led me to name the third line as 'Totalitarianism' and the
last as 'Co-operative Socialism' with the thought around your stewardship
comment as being better than 'Ownership' there, tho' these are (?only?)
names.
Does this take us forward?
( "What, for example, practically are those 'Factors of production' that are
privately owned under capitalism?" might be one next question to ask, tho'
not necessarily the best one to ask next?)
More hugs
j
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>From: William B Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> John, it would appear, if my thinking is correct, that we already have a
> complete matrix [see end of the message below]. What we may need to do
> is add some other intervening variables which deal with other than
> ownership. For instance, AZT was developed with about a billion dollars
> of public taxes but the profit goes to a private company. The web itself
> is another example of public funding and private benefit to some extent.
>
> This is somewhat in line with a bumper sticker I saw the other day about
> Earth:
>
> If you can't take care of it, give it back. Proud to be
> a Cherokee.
>
> Maybe we need to add stewardship in here somewhere.
>
> Bill Ward
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Economic system Ownership of productive assets Ownership of Benefits
Capitalism Private Private
Communism Public Public
(Theoretical?)
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Monopolies Public Private
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Charities Private Public
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