On Saturday 23 December 2006 15:20, Carlo Capocasa wrote: > > The problem is not your vision. The problem is that unlike > > free software or city building, your vision makes demands on > > everyone, whether they share your vision or not. > > Unlike, of course, capitalism, that places demands on > absolutely nobody, especially not young people who are > dreaming of a life of fulfillment and adventure. Those are demands of the existing system, and they do exist. However, your vision involves its own system with its own as-yet vaguely defined demands, plus the demands involved in throwing out 5,000 years of barter and commerce, plus the demands involved in dismantling governments, plus, I gather from your last post, the demands involved in curing everyone on the planet of various purported ailments of the subconscious. And then, a century from now, after it's all implemented and we're all "free", I give it about 25 seconds before some guy somewhere tells some girl that he'll fix her leaky roof if only she'll spread her legs for him, instantly bringing barter -- and from there, capitalism -- back into the world. Maybe you could breed the orgasm out of us to prevent that from happening, as long as you've brought up Orwell. Anyway, it seems a bit much just to get free music. I think Stallman's vision -- that bits are free and no one pretends they're the same as atoms -- is a little more workable. > > OOooh, Free Willy! > Can be found at your local gay bar. Neither as free nor as much as I'd like, but that was actually a Simpsons reference. Rob
