Communism, as historically implemented, often manifests as a command system imposed by an oppressive government, which many argue is even more detrimental. However, I find myself wondering why we never explored the possibility of a free-market communism, a system that could potentially blend individual freedom, collective sharing, and community cooperation within an economic framework. Such a synthesis might have offered a more balanced and effective approach to organizing society.
What we call competition is a simple adaptation of the system provided to us by nature. Therefore a free market society will behave as animals would naturally behave in the wild. Sexual motivation leaves animals no other choice but to compete with one another, to cripple or kill the other if need be. In theory humans have free will, creativity, and an intellect, there is no reason why we could not think and escape the primitive demands of nature that give rise to our unfortunate social condition.
In order to improve the human condition we must find a way of manipulating the competitive nature within us, to maintain a free market, yet limit the aggressive dog eat dog nature that is within us. We can convert the economic motive force from competition to collaboration, and this can be done through collaborative economic behavior which is transparent to all involved. Through transparency of behavior we can limit the aggressive nature of competition, and produce an algorithm that provides equal justice within the economic marketplace.
The solution is found in new technologies, similar to this wiki. Technology that provides a mechanism for open collaborative management of economic systems.
Free market capitalism, corporations whose investors operate within an open collaborative framework dedicated to the task of social benefit, as well as profit.
Over time technology has increased production and reduced the amount of work needed to provide goods and services. The unfortunate case is that the advantages technology provides is taken away by an economic system that extracts wealth from the many, to give to the few. It is simply the nature of competition to win and keep winning till you have all there is. Our system of governance and economics has become primitive to the modern mind.
We think we have benefited by the fact we have our goods made by an off shore slave class when in fact we have enslaved ourselves in so doing.
The simplest and most rational course is to bring the economy back home and governed by it's users. Collaborative, wiki tools can create community governance and make the economy a more local event.
Recreate the village economy, reduce desire through education and lifestyle choices, then eliminate competition through these new collaborative tools.
We know that not all people are enlightened enough to function in an economy without competition, people will lie and steal to get what they want. To solve this problem we need transparency, education, and a belief system that is compatible. A nice wish, but to keep the bad apples out, technology can provide a working method, with intelligent accounting that can rate economic behaviors, and provide for open and transparent economic justice.
The concept is simple: Replace our notion of competition with collaboration, then oversee the process online.
Create a network of people working a variety of business models using collaborative technology to build a community economy that mirrors' what our best abilities can imagine.
