"But because mainstream neo-classical economists imagine the capitalist market system as given by the structure of reality like the law of gravitation - David Ricardo's very model for the labour market - they construe their study as 'value free'.
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Order thus found, the extraction of money profit can be regularized in such a way that its operations are quantified, plotted on graphs and made into equations, thereby appearing to their designers as laws of Newtonian physics at work in the world."
- John McMurtry, The Cancer Stage of Capitalism
Depends on the economic system. What is taught as economics is largely a study on the given economic model. It gets circular and the premises of the model tend not to get challenged, and certain concepts get reified and detached from physical reality.
Hence you get effects like Luddism where labour-saving technology (the point of technology is to reduce labour) to keep jobs. And you get laws against digital copying because of precepts of remuneration and management of scarcity by monetization even when no scarcity exists.
This doesn't corroborate with what I'm reading. It seems the Sad Puppies were formed as an opposition to the CHORFs (Cliquish, Holier-than-thou, Obnoxious, Reactionary, Fanatics) which apparently embody the SJW mindset of disregarding works from authors with differing political views.
Everywhere I'm seeing the Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies described as being very much the same, though the founders of both these blocs seem to disagree that they are the same https://bradrtorgersen.wordpress.com/2015/04/16/we-are-not-rabid/.
And what Yiannopoulis is saying in the article seems to be that the SJWs bloc voted no award as opposition to the Sad and Rabid Puppies.
FTA:
"Puppies supporters say that slew of âoeno awardâ wins this year can at least partially be attributed to the fact that SJW votes were concentrated on that choice, while Puppies votes were distributed between as many as four deserving authors. The âoeno awardâ results in the novella and short story categories are a particular slap in the face to ordinary fans, who remember the genreâ(TM)s roots in short-form pulp magazine writing."
This is indeed competitive capitalism at its finest. Two teams working to achieve the same goal independently, without the benefit of each other's wisdom. Obviously sub-optimal.
I'm the Anon Coward in the grandparent post.
"I'm Libertarian at heart, but I don't see how capitalism is going to solve this problem."
I don't think it will, that's what I'm saying. Capitalism is incompatible with the abundance and efficiency that high technology can bring.
"I'm too optimistic in my hope that idle people would do good with their spare time."
I don't think so.
"Without any structure, I bet a huge portion of our population checks out, going to a perpetual drug induced stupor."
Based on what?
Can you imagine what would happen to the economy if people didn't buy new shit all the time? At least the bank accounts will be huge when we're all knifing each other over the last glass of water on Earth.
"Why are medallions even sold as an asset, instead of leased from the city government? It just creates a vehicle for private rent-seeking and speculation."
Question asked, question answered.
Christ if a 6800 is 5 years old I shudder to think how old my 4870 must be, which I've only come to replace this year. It still runs Crysis on mid-high depending on the situation (though I know this probably no longer counts as stress test. Fucking progress...)
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"But because mainstream neo-classical economists imagine the capitalist market system as given by the structure of reality like the law of gravitation - David Ricardo's very model for the labour market - they construe their study as 'value free'.
...
Order thus found, the extraction of money profit can be regularized in such a way that its operations are quantified, plotted on graphs and made into equations, thereby appearing to their designers as laws of Newtonian physics at work in the world." - John McMurtry, The Cancer Stage of Capitalism
Depends on the economic system. What is taught as economics is largely a study on the given economic model. It gets circular and the premises of the model tend not to get challenged, and certain concepts get reified and detached from physical reality. Hence you get effects like Luddism where labour-saving technology (the point of technology is to reduce labour) to keep jobs. And you get laws against digital copying because of precepts of remuneration and management of scarcity by monetization even when no scarcity exists.
Seems legit.
This doesn't corroborate with what I'm reading. It seems the Sad Puppies were formed as an opposition to the CHORFs (Cliquish, Holier-than-thou, Obnoxious, Reactionary, Fanatics) which apparently embody the SJW mindset of disregarding works from authors with differing political views. Everywhere I'm seeing the Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies described as being very much the same, though the founders of both these blocs seem to disagree that they are the same https://bradrtorgersen.wordpress.com/2015/04/16/we-are-not-rabid/. And what Yiannopoulis is saying in the article seems to be that the SJWs bloc voted no award as opposition to the Sad and Rabid Puppies. FTA: "Puppies supporters say that slew of âoeno awardâ wins this year can at least partially be attributed to the fact that SJW votes were concentrated on that choice, while Puppies votes were distributed between as many as four deserving authors. The âoeno awardâ results in the novella and short story categories are a particular slap in the face to ordinary fans, who remember the genreâ(TM)s roots in short-form pulp magazine writing."
Can you give an example?
It can't happen in the modern economy which is based on consumption.
I don't accept that comparison, it's apples to oranges.
This is indeed competitive capitalism at its finest. Two teams working to achieve the same goal independently, without the benefit of each other's wisdom. Obviously sub-optimal.
Interesting lecture about this subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIFK0NhMVws
I'm the Anon Coward in the grandparent post. "I'm Libertarian at heart, but I don't see how capitalism is going to solve this problem." I don't think it will, that's what I'm saying. Capitalism is incompatible with the abundance and efficiency that high technology can bring. "I'm too optimistic in my hope that idle people would do good with their spare time." I don't think so. "Without any structure, I bet a huge portion of our population checks out, going to a perpetual drug induced stupor." Based on what?
Or, more likely, by a robot.
Only if you keep your eyes closed which makes the engineering a bit more difficult.
Bloody misandry if you ask me.
Yes but so is everyone else so it evens out.
Africa's that place where all the poor people live, right?
Can you imagine what would happen to the economy if people didn't buy new shit all the time? At least the bank accounts will be huge when we're all knifing each other over the last glass of water on Earth.
I think most of us on this website are on the winning side regardless. ;)
You'd lose that bet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igYL5w0ZVc8
Many of me? How many of me are there?
"Why are medallions even sold as an asset, instead of leased from the city government? It just creates a vehicle for private rent-seeking and speculation." Question asked, question answered.
Christ if a 6800 is 5 years old I shudder to think how old my 4870 must be, which I've only come to replace this year. It still runs Crysis on mid-high depending on the situation (though I know this probably no longer counts as stress test. Fucking progress...)
If Sol is the name of a star then the Solar system is a star system? Then what is a planetary system? The Earth and Moon?
Is there more to gravity than what it does? Is the description of gravity as the force which attracts masses not sufficient?
I suppose nationalism will be the last religion to die.
I can't understand your accent.