As It Turns Out, We Don't "all"

What We're Already Doing Is Communism. The First Step We Have To Make Is To Realize That We're Already Closer To It Than We Think.

The Fascinating Thing About Standard Economic Stories Is Exactly That: They Assume That Everybody Wants That Kind Of Closure. That All Human Relations Are Forms Of Exchange, Because If Everything Is An Exchange Then It's True That We're Both Equals. We Walk Up, I Give You Something, You Give Me Something, And We Walk Away. Or I Give You Something, You Don't Give Me Something Right Now, And You Owe Me. So If We Have Any Ongoing Relationships At All, It's Because Somebody Is In Debt.

There Are Markets Extending From Mali, Indonesia, Way Outside The Purview Of Any One Government Which Operated Under Civil Laws, So Contracts Weren't, Except On Trust. So They Have This Free Market Ideology The Moment They Have Markets Operating Outside The Purview Of The States, As Prior To That Markets Had Really Mainly Existed As A Side Effect Of Military Operations.

Debt Is The Most Effective Way To Take A Relation Of Violent Subordination And Make The Victims Feel That It's Their Fault.

It's A Difficult Business, Creating A New, Alternative Civilization.