FW: [LINK] SAP slams open source 'socialism'

Deus Ex Machina vicc at cia.com.au
Mon Nov 21 11:22:07 EST 2005


Craig Sanders [cas at taz.net.au] wrote:

[deleted rant about labour vs capital.]

> > whereas I am arguing that property, ie owning your creative output and
> > being able to capitalise on it creates wealth and commons are just the
> > bits in between that lead to property.
> 
> your argument is that the only rights worth enforcing are property
> rights, that everything either is or should be property, and that
> everything devolves to a property issue. a narrow-minded obsessive
> focus like that doesn't even begin to be a useful tool for modeling and
> interacting with the world.

now you are putting words in my mouth. I have never said such a thing.

my argument is that property rights should be protected from lunatic
communists who want collective ownership.

interstingly abc just screened heaven on earth which catalogues the
decline and fall of socialism.

Vic



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