tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648436.post3574052923903584559..comments2023-12-22T08:30:21.301+00:00Comments on Wading Through Treacle: Humanism and terrorNigel Seelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14407392760306614271noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648436.post-78645537160046661632017-03-13T17:09:58.699+00:002017-03-13T17:09:58.699+00:00(1) That was the Bukharin-Stalin debate of 1928. A...(1) That was the Bukharin-Stalin debate of 1928. At the end of the day you have to do primitive accumulation .. and someone has to pay.<br /><br />(2) Yes, I have so many posts on this topic - all speculative! A Marxist would say that provided the masses remain undefeated and productivity rises are not too difficult (with effective AI), then transfers of the resulting social surplus product will occur, possibly (and hopefully) with a modicum of political conflict.Nigel Seelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17960803873815821524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648436.post-4596197351804837442017-03-13T15:55:27.415+00:002017-03-13T15:55:27.415+00:00Interesting articles, on the last question do we h...Interesting articles, on the last question do we have (at least) two possible ways of interpreting it:<br /><br />(1) In a Star Trek situation in which one encounters a peasant-serf civilisation, like 1900s Russia, what is the best way to proceed to get it to (say) 1950s industrial level with "reasonable" levels of equality and fairness; or <br /><br />(2) How do we get a society like ours to the next stage: <br /><br />Current == influential global corporations with over paid CEOs and the increasing likelihood of a largely automated future (no more car driving!) probably to be run in the interests of the present elite vs.<br />Alternative Future == ?Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17844610890344836500noreply@blogger.com