[P2P-F] was Fw: Info... def'n of corporatism
ideasinc at ee.net
ideasinc at ee.net
Mon Oct 24 03:21:21 CEST 2011
One of the more eye opening passages I have read related to corporatism
was by Stanley Diamond, a Marxist sort of anthropologist, as the epilogue
to his book "In Search of the Primitive." His insight is/was that we
commonly have to negotiate the world between a mainstream sort of fascism
against an alternative form of conformity. Both share strong similarities
as to how authority and leadership are defined and identified. His overall
point is that we are culturally oscillating between conventional
corporatism and alternative forms of corporatism. It explained a great
deal for me about the difficulties of advocating for change through
practice, and ending up as another reproduction of alienation.
Cooperatives that lack an authentic culture of cooperation tend to have
difficulties when it comes to practice.
Tadit
On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:09:16 -0400, Michel Bauwens
<michel at p2pfoundation.net> wrote:
> I think there is a matter of semantics ... Natalie seems to refer to ron
> paul supporters, and while we may disagree, they are not the same as what
> other people understand under Tea Parties ... in my opinion, to retain
> that
> moniker, and thus inviting to be equated with the real dangerous
> plutocratic
> and fascist forces, is a r*eal mistake,
>
> ralph nader did succeed in having some common ground with ron paul, and
> he
> would not work with fascists ...
>
> Michel
> *
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:37 AM, Natalie Golovin <10natalie at cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Gordon-There are many diverse groups of people living in the US that
>> distrust-even hate each other.Are you saying that armed conflict is
>> unavoidable. The Tea Partiers aren’t all the same just as OWS has
>> factions.
>> All the extremists are coming out now to prevent any agreement on
>> anything.
>>
>> *From:* Gordon Cook <cook at cookreport.com>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, October 23, 2011 1:32 PM
>> *To:* P2P Foundation mailing list <p2p-foundation at lists.ourproject.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [P2P-F] Fw: Info
>>
>> Michel
>>
>> I REALLY recommend this video
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uz5RxhahHK0
>>
>> in which Chris Hedges explains why the tea partiers are the new
>> american
>> FASCISTs./ They will be happy to be the goon squads for the interests
>> of
>> the corporatists
>>
>> also take a look at
>> http://exiledonline.com/exposing-the-familiar-rightwing-pr-machine-is-cnbcs-rick-santelli-sucking-koch/
>>
>>
>> http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/04/17/chomsky-on-tea-party-dark-clouds-of-fascism-gathering/
>>
>> It would be a catstrophy to "join forces"
>>
>> the american public at this point is not too sophisticated this one
>> commonality you speak of could cause all the other DIFFERENCES that are
>> far
>> more important than the commonality. They should not get muddied.
>>
>> Here is another interesting discovery i made
>>
>>
>> http://exiledonline.com/atlas-shrieked-why-ayn-rands-right-wing-followers-are-scarier-than-the-manson-family-and-the-gruesome-story-of-the-serial-killer-who-stole-ayn-rands-heart/
>>
>>
>> On Oct 23, 2011, at 12:49 PM, Michel Bauwens wrote:
>>
>> hi Natalie,
>>
>> concerning the ows / tea party post,
>>
>> I think there is a strong residual distrust and opposition between
>> people
>> on the left and what the perceive as a dangerous plutocratic movement
>> that
>> is very related in social dynamics with fascism (declining middle
>> classes
>> blaming those even more below them). Some of this may be overcome
>> through
>> real-life dialogue.
>>
>> At #ows, there are people who say they are sympathetic to the Tea Party
>> at
>> the core of the occupation, such as Devin, but also many more Tea
>> Partiers
>> angrily denouncing the occupation as a communist plot ... in general,
>> Tea
>> Party identified republicans are totally opposed to what ows stands for
>> ...
>> though I'm guessing that with people like ron paul, agreement may be
>> possible on very closely defined issues ...
>>
>> Michel
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Natalie Golovin
>> <10natalie at cox.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you for a civil reply which I probably will respond to at some
>>> point. This discussion has been unpleasant and unproductive. I’m very
>>> interested in P2P posts re new currencies and social/political
>>> organization
>>> and I’m sorry I popped in and wasted time. Suffice it to say-I’ve been
>>> reading voraciously both in the academic and personal venues for
>>> approx 50
>>> years, so I’m guessing you guessed wrong.
>>> Please weigh in on why no one responded to my mail re ZeroHedge’s post
>>> on
>>> OWS & Tea Party agreement on certain critical issues. I understand
>>> social &
>>> certain econ view keep these groups at odds, but there is a large
>>> center
>>> overlap. Why should they not recognize this and join forces?
>>>
>>> *From:* Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net>
>>> *Sent:* Sunday, October 23, 2011 7:56 AM
>>> *To:* P2P Foundation mailing list
>>> <p2p-foundation at lists.ourproject.org>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [P2P-F] Fw: Info
>>>
>>> Hi Nalatie,
>>>
>>> I respect that you are finished with the subject for now, and that
>>> there
>>> is merit in the argument that the Europeans didn't invent warfare and
>>> oppression.
>>>
>>> Nevertheless, I think you underestimate the scale of this near
>>> genocide,
>>> and how it was driven also in large part by capitalist dynamics which
>>> were
>>> historically different. In most other civilisations, there was place
>>> for
>>> pastoral people's and while the rulers changed in tr*ibuta*ry systems,
>>> the farmers were usually kept in place.
>>>
>>> Even within the capitalist dynamics, other options were possible; the
>>> Natives in Spanish lands, subject to the same diseases you claim wiped
>>> out
>>> North American natives, in fact largely survived and were integrated
>>> in the
>>> new model. The Hispanic ruling classes were undoubtedly very cruel as
>>> well,
>>> but not on the same genocidal scale as the anglo-saxons. You also do
>>> not
>>> seem cognizant of how disease was used willfully by the whites
>>> (contaminated
>>> blankets as technique of genocide). In other words, the scale of
>>> cruelty and
>>> genocide matters, even if placed in a general history of human
>>> oppression.
>>>
>>> Also you may find mp aggressive in his accusations, but believe me, I'm
>>> guessing he has read a lot more books than you. The differences do not
>>> proceed from a lack of reading. Thanks for being patient amongst these
>>> sometimes harsh discussions.
>>>
>>> Michel
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Natalie Golovin
>>> <10natalie at cox.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I agree with Kevin completely in theory, but as I mentioned
>>>> earlier-people
>>>> live in their own times. It's the 21st century and there is no vacant
>>>> land
>>>> left in the US. BTW Mexico doesn't allow US citizens or those from
>>>> Central
>>>> America to move in and "homestead"
>>>> The European Tribes treated the Natives no worse than they treated
>>>> each
>>>> other. What started off as involuntary manslaughter in the 17th & 18th
>>>> centuries turned into voluntary manslaughter during the plains wars
>>>> when
>>>> growing Federal power & powerful economic interests got involved.
>>>> There
>>>> were
>>>> also violent hostilities among ranchers and farmers. I'm finished with
>>>> this
>>>> subject mp READ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: mp
>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 6:27 AM
>>>> To: p2p-foundation at lists.ourproject.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [P2P-F] Fw: Info
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> borders? Thought you wanted them polices/militarized, whereas Kevin
>>>> argues they should be open?
>>>>
>>>> On 22/10/11 02:58, Natalie Golovin wrote:
>>>> > Agreed-that was easy.
>>>> >
>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>> > From: Kevin Carson
>>>> > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 6:34 PM
>>>> > To: P2P Foundation mailing list
>>>> > Subject: Re: [P2P-F] Fw: Info
>>>> >
>>>> > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Natalie Golovin<10natalie at cox.net>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >> Going back to Native Populations..We're talking about 250 years of
>>>> >> interplay
>>>> >> among various groups of both tribes and migrating Europeans
>>>> (subgroup
>>>> >> religions) at a time when communication/transportation and
>>>> historical
>>>> >> knowledge re different civilizations was quite wanting compared to
>>>> today.
>>>> >> I
>>>> >> already mentioned disease accounted for most of the deaths. The
>>>> >> interactions
>>>> >> were very diverse and many mostly local until the mid 19th Century
>>>> (Big
>>>> >> exception-French& Indian War) Spanish, French& English migrants
>>>> >> interacted
>>>> >> very differently with the tribes. In general, flagrant abuses come
>>>> about
>>>> >> when economic& political forces join hands.
>>>> >
>>>> > Actually, I don't dispute the right of European settlers to
>>>> homestead
>>>> > vacant land that actually wasn't being used, on an individual basis.
>>>> > What I was responding to was your suggestion that the common
>>>> property
>>>> > of nomads, homesteaded by the act of using it as hunting grounds,
>>>> > wasn't "real property" and that European settlers were entitled to
>>>> > homestead land in such collective use on the grounds either of need
>>>> > (the overpopulated cities of Europe) or more efficient technical
>>>> > exploitation of the land. The natives, in general, were usually
>>>> > amenable to foreign settlements on land they weren't actually using
>>>> --
>>>> > I don't think they had a collective right to exclude people from
>>>> using
>>>> > vacant land they weren't using themselves, any more than native
>>>> > citizens today have a collective ownership over land that a Mexican
>>>> > national might like to move onto.
>>>> >
>>>> >> As to "White Supremacy"-Suffice it to say I get in trouble with my
>>>> Hard
>>>> >> Left
>>>> >> friends when I side with the young Hispanic girls who don't care
>>>> about
>>>> >> school, get pregnant in early teens and refuse abortion. These
>>>> girls
>>>> >> value
>>>> >> family and love more than future prospects of good jobs& I think
>>>> that's
>>>> >> fine. BTW I worked at a Juvenile Detention center for a couple of
>>>> years&
>>>> >> understand the problems of growing up poor in rough neighborhoods.
>>>> >
>>>> > I consider myself pretty hard left, and I can't imagine why anyone
>>>> > would get bent out of shape by that. Anyone who wants to bully
>>>> girls
>>>> > like that into having abortions against their own judgment or
>>>> > inclination seriously needs to consider Willie Nelson's dictum: the
>>>> > world would be a better place if everybody smoked a joint every day
>>>> > and minded their own goddamned business.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>>
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