Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person
by metaphorm on Thursday March 30, 2017 @11:48AM
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Violence is inherent to living in our civilized, city-building way of life. That doesn't mean that property isn't a system for regulating violence. It is. We allow the state to monopolize the right to violence and entrust the state with the responsibility of settling property disputes in a legal framework so that we don't immediately resort to violence.
An alternative system that avoids violence is not living the way we live. That ship sailed tens of thousands of years ago though. Too late now. In our current state we just have violence and systems for regulating it.
Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person
by mhermher on Thursday March 30, 2017 @02:45AM
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Yeah, I generally agree with everything you've said. And no, I can't propose any alternative system with those requirements. I'm not even sure if it's possible by definition.
Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person
by max_ on Thursday March 30, 2017 @05:00AM
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Smart Contracts? https://www.ethereum.org/
Broadly speaking, demand is unlimited and supply is limited. With these two as a given, violence is essentially inevitable. Property near as I can tell, is a cultural tool that minimizes violence and maximizes supply.
Only when there is abundance outstripping demand of a population, is violence avoidable. A couple million people spread across North and South America 600 people enjoyed abundance, relatively speaking. 7 billion people spread across 7 continents is an entirely different scenario, and one where violence is unavoidable.