tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629773.post113389739757851870..comments2007-04-16T11:27:52.514-04:00Alexander Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154630788594977647noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629773.post-1134071358646898002005-12-08T14:49:00.000-05:002005-12-08T14:49:00.000-05:00Because nonparticpation - negative freedom, as defined by libertarian capitalists and the like - is an illusion and a lie. Human nature is inherently associative. The only issue is how participation is structured. The structure of negative liberty (or negative "liberty") is intrinsically oppressive, as is the attempt to replace it with its opposite, such as altruism, collectivism, etc. What I propose is that socialism recognize its own error in attempting to set these things up in antithesis to the bourgeois conception of negative liberty, out of resentment, and affirm positive liberty as a way forward that transcends the bourgeois-socialist dichotomy, as its essential political-ethical axiom or principle.Alexander Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154630788594977647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629773.post-1134021300236718522005-12-08T00:55:00.000-05:002005-12-08T00:55:00.000-05:00How can socialism be freedom if it means being forced to contribute?threetontrucknoreply@blogger.com