Goodness. Is "leave it to the free market" what you took from my thread? To the contrary, while I very much believe in *harnessing* the power of markets, my thread is all about what kind of *policies* we need most to do so - gov't R&D and subsidies for new tech, specifically.
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1/ I would find this Tweet more sensible if I could figure out what "socialise production" means. Is there a single historical precedent where it hasn't met "at the whim of some small minority that professes to act in society's best interest?"
That's not really how history unfolds. Rather, institutions come into being. Some succeed and proliferate. The ones that succeed tend to be the best adapted. So, fine let's talk about how to best adapt our existing institutions, but spare me the circular socialist reasoning
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Given that the existing institutions are about to destroy the planet and lead humankind into extinction, your take obviously fails completely. Also no, institutions don't "come into being" out of thin air. They're built, and they evolve, and the way decisions are made shape that.
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"I didn't like that you stomped a massive hole in my reasoning and I'm only prepared to debate within a framework I set"
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Yes, his framework is class society and the survival of the fittest in the "free" market.
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