Comments on: Marcin Jakubowski on a policy to expand material peer production through land

By: Kevin Carson

Kevin Carson — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:00:52 +0000

Excellent post. As I argued elsewhere, I think we’re approaching a singularity where the material basis for Gupta’s “unplugged” lifestyle will exist, on an irreversible basis. For most of two centuries, the state capitalist economy has managed to crowd out small-scale production, what with subsidies and anti-competitive regulations and whatnot. But we’re reaching the point where the efficiency of small-scale production will be too great to suppress.

Once there are communities of local, small-scale producers producing peer designs with affordable multimachines and other desktop machinery, and such communities have desktop machinery capable of making the parts for more desktop machines, we’ve got (with spade horticulture thrown) a working model of a self-sufficient counter-economy. From that point on, it will spread virally as people witness it in operation (and as Peak Oil and the looming depression make the wage alternatives seem less and less attractive).

By: Christian Siefkes

Christian Siefkes — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:06:50 +0000

Nice concept! (though only for people who can afford the nice up-front cost 🙁 )

There is one sentence I don’t understand:

Productivity of 40 acres is so huge that there’s space for an additional 1 person/acre in this scenario.

Does this mean that an area of 40 acres should be sufficient for 140 (100+40) people altogether?

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