What about individual versus collective needs

We all have some common needs. And as already stated in the post about economics of opensource projects, collaboration is a mechanism that is highly efficient, so promoting individual freedoms without mechanics that allow for open collaboration is not worth anything.

As open source projects already have proven, it is up consensus of individuals to pursue an efficient way of fulfilling the common needs like building a sewer system or a road. As shown by the history people can be forced to cooperate and provide for common good (mechanics of slavery, wages or taxation). The video below dos ilustrate the position of an individual quite well:

However this video and the success of Linux on the top 500 supercomputers list where different flavors of Linux account for over 90% of installations, do suggest that voluntary participation is more efficient then any forced initiative. The thought of basing a society on volunteer participation sounds quite utopian and thus I will leave it up to the reader to decide whether this practice could be relied upon.

However I am a strong believer that people have to be treated equally and thus I do hate the current system of people allowing concentration of wealth to happen for some individuals and after the society is taking revenge by charging higher taxes to the rich. Why should a visit to a doctor cost differently for a rich person then a pour person. Here I am not taking sides with the rich, all I am saying is the elite should not exist in a balanced society. The mechanics of taxation is false justice and it even suits the elite since it separates them from the rest of the crowd and provides them with higher status in society and thus better services (as an example: better hospitals in rich neighbourhoods). I believe that a balanced system the filthy rich could not happen, this is possible only trough limitation and exploration of the pour.

If we are to prolong the usage of mechanics of taxation, I do suggest that taxes should be equal for all and purpose oriented. I do not like that we have to pay direct and generic taxes to the government and even pay additional taxes trough the mechanics of inflation. The government uses and abuses their power to distribute wealth collected trough taxes. A big portion of that wealth gets wasted or even stolen trough mechanics of corruption.

If we are ever to have a government for the people the taxes should be purpose oriented as this reverses the roles in a state and the people become the bosses of their government. Since we, the people, are already paying for the government, let us take the executive power and become employers of the government instead of being it's servants .

This post concludes the basics of the proposed value system. I will now start studying the existing open source projects code so this blog might quiet down a bit. Any comments and suggestions you might have are more then very welcome.