The New Babylon Project

Discussion in 'Politics' started by PacifistEgalitarian, Apr 16, 2014.

  1. PacifistEgalitarian

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    Two videos about Dutch architect Constant Nieuwenhuys' futuristic post-capitalist, non-sedentary city:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkLogy5NE2k

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo2VYIFYR0A

    "In New Babylon, all useful yet repetitive activity underwent automation; and technology, mobilized at the mass level, would release people from the daily drudge of necessity, guaranteeing a healthy dose of free time. There'd be big institutional transformations, too, like collective ownership of land and the means of production, together with the rationalization of the manufacturing of consumer goods, making scarcity old hat." Guy Debord by Andy Merrifield
     

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