5 things 4 down 1 to go... you told of how one of the 10 Rules was along the lines of Blend Rights with Socail responabilities . Thinking about this Does the Man with the Sandwich Boards have more socail responabilities than Podcasters and there for get more rights.... But they must both be in awe of the DMV staff whom in turn all though having more rights then sum may have less rights then a nurse whom has less rights then ....and so on lol. Peace

A less noncey world, perhaps?

The more I listen to Steve's train of thought the more I miss him.

That's because it is confusing. At least the way it's discussed. Really, it's just a way of distinguishing what has always normally gone on and the trends that eventually rose out of it from the coming socialist utopia. Sound weird and outdated? Well, it is the mental landscape of over a hundred years ago, so it very much is. Some people had used the word before that as a general "ism" word like adding "ish" to something. They were usually more describing the trends that rose out of it than what you have described above, which, before the socialist movements (and included in most of them, actually) was just life in a world not completely controlled by nobels and royalty. Back to the way it was before the medival period but with freemen in charge this time, supposedly. Money, trade, specialization...civilization. "Capitalism" without the socialist perspective is just the world the way it is. Unfortunately the only people intrested in pointing this out are the right wing think tanks the billionaires created to convince people that being a "libertarian" (look up "american libertarian" then just "libertarian" on Wikipedia) means fighting for wealthy families intrests and that the capitalist world is secretly controlled by communists and the minority is actually an unstoppable majority and all that shit no poor person would come up with on their own unless they were being constantly threatened with the imaginary green haired plague that (very) literally only exists on paper and on the college campus and in Canada and Europe. "They" are always taking over until the real "they" easily load them into trains at night somehow. Weird how that turns out in the end if "they" really were such a threat. Anyway, for a person seeing the world from the socialist perspective any type of trade or ownership could possibly be seen as exploitative capitalist abuse. There are multiple discussions on how that works exactly and always has been. Most are based on ignorance and confused people trying to appear more dedicated, as is human nature. The real deal socialist have more reasonable and nuanced stupid ideas about all this and are much more rational in their bullshit wet dreams. People like Steve would be both less and more hardcore if they studied the debate in the literature and the history of this conversation a bit more thoroughly. He has a general disposition more than a theory which is a goid AND a bad thing in his and people like himself's case. I'd still rather have a beer with Steve than any right winger, though. Or any communist either.

I think in the context he means he isn't a bread head particularly with regard to recording music. He's not about squeezing as much money as he possibly can out of recording bands partly because those with less money are likely to be the bands he will have 'fun' recording working with. He has a negotiable price scale and it is very very cheap for a big name in an industry that relies on reputation. His studio is well designed and built, and he could easily charge 3 times what he does and he could pay his staff less. He is also very hands on still - whereas he could just use his name to sell studio time for a lot more than he does and probably never set foot in a studio. A capitalist in this context would most likely sit back after 40 years in the game and milk his name whilst also collecting royalties on everything.

*But it is viewed as essential for basic necessities, services and goods in a capitalist society...which is what we live in.*

no, it fucking dosn't

Not anymore. #okboomer

Used to be ace. Now... Not even slightly. You have to go into the job centre 3 times a week & prove you've applied for 25 jobs that don't exist. The 90s was a golden era for the dole in the UK. But that is 30 years ago....

Used to be that way and it created great art