Quote from: notme on March 13, 2014, 10:35:40 AM

Quote from: AnonyMint on March 13, 2014, 10:33:21 AM

Quote from: notme on March 13, 2014, 10:06:02 AM

Now, whether or not what we have can rightly be called capitalism is another question entirely.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=495527.msg5656763#msg5656763

Zarathustra is conflating the ill effects of debt and tangible capital (which is actually inertia and liability, not assets) with the gains in prosperity that all arise from technology and human ingenuity.

His assertion (I deleted the nonsense post) that knowledge can't prosper in a decentralized society (a.k.a. anarchy) is unfathomably incorrect. It is so incorrect, that he should not be included in the discussion here, because it is just noise which buries the important discussion in this thread.

Right, he is confusing increasing gains along shrinking measuring stick (fiat money) for prosperity.

You can't find 'increasing gains' within an anarchist, stateless environment:

Increasing gains (vulgo: destruction) start as soon as you collectivize/civilize these free people and 'educate' them at the institutions of the collectivists.