From 73e4332ffcb7ed88ddd6393ea4b029dbea7b6c26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Nicol=C3=A1s=20Reynolds?= <fauno@endefensadelsl.org> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 00:23:19 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Parodia de los comunes --- _queue/parodia_de_los_comunes.markdown | 44 ++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/_queue/parodia_de_los_comunes.markdown b/_queue/parodia_de_los_comunes.markdown index d8e6536..2cf9adb 100644 --- a/_queue/parodia_de_los_comunes.markdown +++ b/_queue/parodia_de_los_comunes.markdown @@ -398,20 +398,36 @@ libre con cualquier otro nombre te puede dar las mismas libertades hoy, establecer la libertad de forma duradera depende sobre todo de enseñar a la gente a valorar la libertad." -We attempt to move from -a strict techno-economic analysis towards a discussion of the Commons -within a turbulent, contradictory socio-economic framework. In other -words, what is the role of the Commons in the capitalist accumulation -while the emancipatory potential of peer communities is neutralised -without affecting their productive function? The capitalist system -arguably seeks to incorporate Commons-based, peer communities because -of their cost-effective advantage (low-cost labour with high quality -products). We argue that the development of P2P relations in itself, -if placed in the current socio-economic conditions, can take place -only temporarily because in the long run it will be undermined by -means designed to maintain profit-driven relations of production into -power. We call this transformation process “parody of the Commons” in -relation to what Benkler (2006) defines as “tragedy of the Commons”. +We attempt to move from a strict techno-economic analysis towards +a discussion of the Commons within a turbulent, contradictory +socio-economic framework. In other words, what is the role of the +Commons in the capitalist accumulation while the emancipatory potential +of peer communities is neutralised without affecting their productive +function? The capitalist system arguably seeks to incorporate +Commons-based, peer communities because of their cost-effective +advantage (low-cost labour with high quality products). We argue that +the development of P2P relations in itself, if placed in the current +socio-economic conditions, can take place only temporarily because +in the long run it will be undermined by means designed to maintain +profit-driven relations of production into power. We call this +transformation process “parody of the Commons” in relation to what +Benkler (2006) defines as “tragedy of the Commons”. + +Intentamos salir de un análisis estrictamente tecno-económico hacia una +discusión de los Comunes dentro de un marco socioeconómico turbulento y +contradictorio. En otras palabras, ¿cuál es el rol de los Comunes en la +acumulación capitalista mientras el potencial emancipatorio de las +comunidades de pares es neutralizada sin afectar su función productiva? +El sistema capitalista intenta incorporar a las comunidades de pares por +su rentabilidad ventajosa (trabajo de bajo costo con productos de alta +calidad). Decimos entonces que el desarrollo de las relaciones de pares +por sí solo, al situarse en las condiciones socioeconómicas actuales, +puede tomar lugar temporalmente porque en el largo plazo será socavado +por medios diseñados para mantener en el poder a las relaciones de +producción orientadas al lucro. Llamamos a este proceso de +transformación "parodia de los Comunes" en relación a lo que Benkler +[-@benkler-2006] define como "tragedia de los Comunes". + In 1968, Garret Hardin first introduced the concept of the tragedy of the Commons referring to the degradation of a finite resource used by a group of individuals who act independently and rationally on the basis of -- GitLab