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Even though projections for numbers of people and ideas for design,
infrastructure and houses, or particular uses of technology may differ,
(it seems hard for anyone at this point to truly
know what is exactly the best approach regarding exact population
numbers and other details)
my feeling is, what is being proposed by these individuals, in essence,
is the same as what is being proposed on this website. This
concept seems to defying an easy label, for it is not strict capitalism,
socialism, egalitarianism or communism. Probably cooperative anarchism may come the
closest. In a sense, it is a hybrid of all of these. It is trying
to combine the best of all, while dropping what doesn't work. Giving ourselves the support of community, and yet, allowing for the full
flowering of the individual. In other words, allowing the
individual to choose, depending on interests and proclivity to be either
lightly, moderately, or heavily productive. It would guarantee to
community members an assurance that one's basic needs for survival would
be taken care of for a minimal of effort; mostly regarding time (labor) and
probably a very small amount of money as well. And that the "extras" would be
left up to the individual to either procure for themselves if they
chose, or not. It would accomplish this through the sharing of
major resources, a small amount of cooperative work, intelligent use of
technology, and efficiency.
