It's concretely inseparable from ability to enforce ownership claims. Technology is a secondary consideration to that.
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Replying to @mfckr_ @adornofthagn and
You're being too legalistic. The execution of ownership is usage. The rest is just consensual hallucination.
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Replying to @Outsideness @adornofthagn and
We've already been over the intersubjective nature of this. And it's demonstrable that 'consensual hallucinations' have consequences.
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Replying to @mfckr_ @adornofthagn and
Sure. But they're rarely exhaustive. Capital is not merely property, it's also machinery, and legal categories don't help you there.
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Replying to @Outsideness @adornofthagn and
… machinery whose production ends will be dictated by the whims of whoever owns it. Again, you're handwaving.
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Replying to @mfckr_ @adornofthagn and
"Whims" -- not really. This is why your position gets lost. ...
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Replying to @Outsideness @mfckr_ and
Capital works by allocating assets to their most efficient users. The fact this process is legally consistent doesn't explain much of it.
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Replying to @Outsideness @adornofthagn and
It works via people making decisions re: what may be most efficient or otherwise profitable; I say 'whims' to emphasize vital role of agency
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Replying to @mfckr_ @adornofthagn and
"I say 'whims' to emphasize vital role of agency" -- exactly. Because choices are formally free, you're ignoring the selection pressure.
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Replying to @Outsideness @adornofthagn and
Selection pressure guides, but does not absolutely determine it. Some agents will buck prevailing decision trends and profit for it.
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If they profit, that's positively selected. That's how it works.
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Replying to @Outsideness @adornofthagn and
We don't disagree on that. But conditions are always tenuous & uncertain; what's selected today may be killed tomorrow.
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