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• A GNU Investment Model [1 Update]

Patrick Anderson <agnucius@gmail.com> Apr 13 04:23PM -0600 ^


 
Profit only occurs when Consumers do not own the Means of Production.
 
When groups of Consumers organize to purchase and therefore OWN farms
and factories, then Profit can safely reach zero, since the payment
those Consumers expect is the *Product* itself.
 
So Profit is an inverse measure of competition. Or another way is to
say Profit measures Consumer dependence upon the current Owners.
 
We should not be trying to perpetuate Profit by propping-up Prices,
but should instead treat that overpayment as an Investment from the
Consumer who Paid it.
 
Treating Profit as Payer Investment is "negative feedback loop" that
allows growth while simultaneously 'distributing' that growth to those
that are willing to pay for it.
 
Notice this is also an auto-leveling system that avoids the now
systemic problem of over-accumulation that Capitalism suffers.
 
Within such an investment plan, growth "tapers off" as demand is
filled (as Consumers gain ownership in the Means of Production) and
does not promote overconsumption caused when we strive to perpetuate
Profit.
 
'Normal' investment techniques cannot withstand perfect competition
because typical investors are expecting to be paid the difference
between Price and Cost which requires Consumers NOT have ownership in
the Means of Production, for under conditions of Consumer Ownership,
Price == Cost and Profit == 0!
 
Patrick Anderson
Social Sufficiency Coalition
http://SourceFreedom.BlogSpot.com