Re: is Debian an anarchist organization/project?

[Dmitry Borodaenko <d.borodaenko@sam-solutions.net>]

On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 01:49:23AM -0800, Jonathan Walther wrote:
 SP>> A big thing associated with anarchy is the notion that there is no
 SP>> property.  
 JW> No property, yes.  But lots of "personal possession".  On a small
 JW> scale, the difference is essentially nil.  On a larger scale, the
 JW> difference is quite dramatic.  For instance, our ownership of our
 JW> code, under the anarchist concept of possession, is exactly the
 JW> same as the current concept of property.  But if you start talking
 JW> about possession of 100 acres of land, or a large factory, thats a
 JW> whole 'nother kettle of fish.

Quantity is not decisive factor here, the qualitative difference is that
property is built on exploitation and coercion. Possession turns to
property when you use coercion to deny access to others, and use your
exclusive access to property to exploit hired labour of those others,
i.e. extract profit from results of their labour.

-- 
Dmitry Borodaenko