To dissolve, submerge, and cause to disappear the political or governmental system in the economic system by reducing, simplifying, decentralizing and suppressing, one after another, all the wheels of this great machine, which is called the Government or the State. --Proudhon, General Idea of the Revolution
I am now seeing much clear what you are referring to with regards to Vermont having leap frogged over industrialism and moved directly into post-industrialism as it relates to P2P networking, small scale manufacturing, efficiencies, etc...
interestingly the whole Connecticut river valley (both NH and VT) is chock full of small scale, mom & pop tool and die shops using sophisticated computer and metal cutting technology...
I just wish folks would be much more careful about the use of the term "collective" vs. "in common" as it relates to communal exchange!
Kevin-
ReplyDeleteI am now seeing much clear what you are referring to with regards to Vermont having leap frogged over industrialism and moved directly into post-industrialism as it relates to P2P networking, small scale manufacturing, efficiencies, etc...
interestingly the whole Connecticut river valley (both NH and VT) is chock full of small scale, mom & pop tool and die shops using sophisticated computer and metal cutting technology...
I just wish folks would be much more careful about the use of the term "collective" vs. "in common" as it relates to communal exchange!
they are actually opposite in meaning...