[kemiller]

But what, exactly, is the alternative to a free market?

[tray5]

Personally I'm a fan of a workers run syndicalist economy. There are other options, like a workers run market economy, or an outright collectivist gift economy.

[int_19h]

The question is, how would you enforce that, if some part of the populace just decided to recognize property rights, and structured their part of the economy accordingly?

[s_kilk]

> or an outright collectivist gift economy.

Of which we already have a great example in FOSS.

[gaius]

Which is utterly dependent on the "real" economy for umm, food and every other essential.

[kemiller]

Are there any examples of that working at large scale?