Visions of a Free Society

This is Part 3 of 3 of Work Sucks! I can't describe an entire economic system in one video so I just started a new Channel where I'll be discussing these issues along with the more technical aspects of Left-Libertarianism. Please come by and subscribe:

http://www.youtube.com/user/LeftLibetyAppendix

If you would like to see how this economic system works in more detail, click here:

http://www.infoshop.org/page/AnarchistFAQSectionI4

Some Left-Libertarians endorse Participatory Economics (Parecon). While I like many aspects of Parecon, I find it an unrealistic system for a number of reasons. As the theory exists today, Parecon needs to be revised with more scrutiny. Anyway, it does have many good points and promoters have been good about writing about it to a general public. At the same time, this has hurt its reputation by turning Parecon into popcorn economics.

For some, the fact that I don't fully subscribe to a free-market will be a deal breaker. I'm not an economic fundamentalist which means I can endorse more than one system. I think free-markets under a Mutualist system would be fine. A non-market libertarian society is just a preference.

Many have asked my opinion about The Venus Project. Well, I have to admit that I'm no expert on this subject, so if I misstate something, please let me know. There are definitely similarities between The Venus Project and Left-Libertarianism - especially Libcom. Libcom pushes for the end of work, post scarcity, a moneyless society, using technology to free people, and using locally based community food production. The stuff that Ive read about The Venus Project sometimes reminds of the work of Peter Kropotkin. At the same time, there are some pretty big differences. In my video, I was referring to the look of The Venus Project rather than the project itself.

To me, The Venus Project is the dream of one man. I think philosophically and economically, TVP lacks any real substantive rigor. Thousands of people have worked on Left-Libertarianism for over 200 years slowly refining its theory. From what Ive seen, TVP lacks in many areas especially when it comes to a means to an end. Also, I fact checked the first 30 minutes of Zeitgeist Addendum and found all sorts of inaccuracies. I won't go into all the details but I found this disturbing to say the least. Anyway, I think people from TVP should take a look at Left-Libertarianism and see what they think. At the same time, I think Left-Libertarians should pull some of the useful things from TVP. In the end, I think they could learn from each other. As I said in the video, I'm really against any kind of economic or political fundamentalism which seems extremely common on YT. No system is perfect. I've learned things from what some might consider to be my political enemies.

Okay, in one part of my video, I said that a town might only need to work 16 hours. How did I get that number? I just pulled it out of my ass for the convenience of a concrete example. I may have made it sound like I have utopian visions of grandeur. But likely, the workweek will be reduced substantially.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Economic Self-Management
• Community Self-Management
• Self-Governance
• Libertarian Socialism
• Libcom
• Parecon
• The Venus Project
• Workers Self-Management
• Chomsky.

[dfg93353]

People, if you think about it, this idea is basically how the internet was created

[MyOnlyFarph]

What objective factors influence an individuals supposed preference for one economic system over another?

If one's goal is to establish a healthy, functional, free society, couldn't the application of science, and thus the scientific method, accurately determine the most effective course of action in order to achieve that goal?

"Hard Work" in its current loaded connotation, is totally outdated, and grounded in obsolete methodologies.

[MM1991leo]

It kills me to realize that this idea will take a long time to accomplish.... If people stand up and take their freedom back it would be the only way this would work....But to many people are still trusting the corporate greedy bastards that rules most of this country.

[hydeparkbarry]

Great videos. Thumbs up and Favorited. Finally a libertarian with enough brains to examine all infringements on liberties.

[ComicalGus]

You are a very smart man.

[orionelijah]

Amazing video. Great job. I dont like the name Work Sucks! though, especially when i post and share it. People get the wrong idea.

[DesecrateConformity]

Technically what you propose is a free market, except power and production is decentralized to individuals and small groups. Markets allow for the voluntary trade and production of goods, and a free price system. Pretty much all left-libertarians support markets, and most support free markets. (Markets with supply and demand), and the drawbacks of markets and free markets can be drastically reduced, if not solved, by the decentralization of power and production.

[TheRichie213]

Share all resources all live equal end of story

[AwakeToPresence]

godspeed you black emperor!

[PatrickAlessi]

@theseusM1

I live in Denmark.

Every single familly here lives there own little fake dream. we are tought to be happy with what we got, so everybody is unconsiusly maintaine the illusion of happines. They all live the life that is socialy tought to us as beeing a good life and there we say we are a happy country.

our goverment sucks too becaus new ideas and vision are drown in the battle for positions of power. This video shows the way to implement a better future for all.

[tatdeuce]

I wish this could be the reality for our children.... Great video... I hope that people can see this video as beyond political and more about humanity... We are currently not reaching our potential as an intelligent species... Thank you for creating this

[ProtoCyberpunk]

@Spillers72 I would really recommend reading Kropotkin and his essays on federalism and the book Conquest of bread. From there you can think of federalism synthesized with anarchist communism each area interconnected through a flow of resources this would be accomplished through the process of revolution with anarchist egalitarian Ideals, as laid out in "The conquest of Bread" and would lead to true globalization.