#barbrook — Public Fediverse posts

After his 90's hit critique of 'the Californian Ideology' Richard Barbrook followed up with another provocation:

Why not replace "Stalinist bureaucracy with bottom-up decision-making by producers and consumers....... By reshaping the Net in our own interests, both the authoritarian state and the oligarchic marketplace can be superseded by a massive multi-player participatory democracy."

Feasible now, with today's compute power?

#CybersynRebooted #Barbrook #economics

https://networkcultures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/0585-INC_NN10-totaal-RGB.pdf

"#GilbertoGil, as the Minister of Culture in Brazil…surrounded by 2 panelists:
#Barlow saw the internet as a place which should not be bothered by governments & regulations.
#Barbrook had the view that the internet had been created with public funding, and there should be equality & inclusion in its implementation.
Gil answered to that tension saying that such difference should be resolved dynamically. He used the image of #capoeira moves—a mix of play and fight, of #dance and confrontation."

"#GilbertoGil, as the Minister of Culture in Brazil…surrounded by 2 panelists:
#Barlow saw the internet as a place which should not be bothered by governments & regulations.
#Barbrook had the view that the internet had been created with public funding, and there should be equality & inclusion in its implementation.
Gil answered to that tension saying that such difference should be resolved dynamically. He used the image of #capoeira moves—a mix of play and fight, of #dance and confrontation."

"#GilbertoGil, as the Minister of Culture in Brazil…surrounded by 2 panelists:
#Barlow saw the internet as a place which should not be bothered by governments & regulations.
#Barbrook had the view that the internet had been created with public funding, and there should be equality & inclusion in its implementation.
Gil answered to that tension saying that such difference should be resolved dynamically. He used the image of #capoeira moves—a mix of play and fight, of #dance and confrontation."

"#GilbertoGil, as the Minister of Culture in Brazil…surrounded by 2 panelists:
#Barlow saw the internet as a place which should not be bothered by governments & regulations.
#Barbrook had the view that the internet had been created with public funding, and there should be equality & inclusion in its implementation.
Gil answered to that tension saying that such difference should be resolved dynamically. He used the image of #capoeira moves—a mix of play and fight, of #dance and confrontation."