31 October 2010

'More is better' versus self-restraint

Bourgeois values of capital accumulation in the form of private property demands a social system predicated on the unending accumulation of power. 'More is better' with respect to property or with respect to power is inherently unstable. To achieve stablity an individual or a collective must be ready, willing and able to exercise self-restraint.  

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