David Brin on Marxism, Positive Sum Games, and Corporate Oligopoly

Best-selling author David Brin has written a blog entry for the Lifeboat Foundation blog. In his essay, Dr. Brin discusses modern society from an economic standpoint, and how we reached our current state. He also discusses actual Marxism vs. perceptions of Marxism, and why he believes that Karl Marx was the first great science-fiction writer.

The discussion originated from the question of whether we as a society could keep our “modern large-scale capitalist representative democracy cum welfare state cum corporate oligopoly” going, and for how long. While I don't necessarily agree with Dr. Brin's answers, his thought process is intriguing and his writing—as always—is clear and insightful.