I have nothing against free market economies, it's capitalism that corrupts the free market. People usually frame it as if capitalism and a free market go hand-in-hand. Even a superficial reading on market economy, capitalism notwithstanding, is just a bunch of people offering without restriction their products and services in a public setting. Here, most people think of the usual medieval township market faire with farmers, blacksmiths and whatnot surrounding stalls and shopping buildings with some sort of currency (or just bartering) exchanging hands. Even here capitalism manages to ruin the day, given long enough time, wealth oligarchies naturally form in such microcosms.
Given the same setting, but instead of capitalist backed currency, how would it fare if an energy-based "currency" was involved? I honestly don't know, I don't think anyone really does. Although it's a fun little thought experiment. I am, however, of the conviction that most of the capitalist effects in such a microcosm wouldn't so easily form, such as oligarchies, seeing as the products and services there would be tied with energy used in the labour. How would even the notion of "property" be in an energy economy? Fuck if I know.
Given the same setting, but instead of capitalist backed currency, how would it fare if an energy-based "currency" was involved? I honestly don't know, I don't think anyone really does. Although it's a fun little thought experiment. I am, however, of the conviction that most of the capitalist effects in such a microcosm wouldn't so easily form, such as oligarchies, seeing as the products and services there would be tied with energy used in the labour. How would even the notion of "property" be in an energy economy? Fuck if I know.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman
