The Info-Socialist Party
History: The history of the party can be traced to the collapse of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Peoples Republic of China, which lead to the rise of Li Qwan Chu, the ‘New Mao Ze Dong’ and Vladamir Popov, two Eugenics experiments from the same creche as Khan Singh. Both Eugenics warriors were considered brutal and cold, even by Eugenic standards. They were also avid Socialists, although the flavor they implemented more resembled Stalin’s totalitarian implementation of Socialism.
The overthrow of the genetic warlords in Russia and China was long and bloody, and left a bad taste for socialist theory with most of the locals. Still, however there were some adherents who were loath to completely give up some of the ideals of Socialism, but realized that belief in socialism was a nearly dead concept after the various abuses that had happened during the later half of the twentieth century and during the early twenty-first century.
One particular intellectual, named Li Loo Bang, a fan of capitalism himself, but disgusted by the occasional excesses of it, tried coming up with a middle ground that was palatable to fence sitters and more realistic Socialists who had given up on the previous model as unworkable.
After a bit of thought over several long days, and reading over Marx’s & Engels original works. he came across an entry in Marx’s original notes about Capitalism eventually collapsing in on itself from it’s own internal contradictions from the re-apportionment of wealth and misery it would generate. A general look in any direction blew this theory out of the water as lasse-faire capitalism tended to create large amounts of wealth that did trickle down to the working class. A brief look at the United States in the previous century was a sterling of the perks and flaws of Capitalism. However, something new had been entered into the mix with the arrival of the Vulcans that would make a new brand of Socialism more viable. The Materials Synthesizer.
Seeing the potential of the device, particularly if it was refined over time, Li wrote of Capitalism eventually permutating into a new form of Socialism as material needs would be able to be met with the new device. But he accepted that there would be psychological blocks to accepting this idea. He understood human nature and the desire for wealth and prosperity, the need for competition and achievement, and the fact that some people became lazy slugs if they didn’t have to work for anything.
After some time, he suggested a gradual form of Socialism that would be more pragmatic than previous versions, but would capture public reguard far more easily. Working in some allusions to how Socialism was more environmentally friendly (attracting the Green party and more environmentally aware Jacksonians), and targeting medical research and GM food patents intially, he arrive at the following idea.
Information was the true property of the workers or thinkers. Intellectual property should remain the property of the person who made it, unless it could serve the State/Community/Nation better if it was state property, such as medical cures, GM food templates, weapons, etc. Realizing that a lot of people would balk at the prospect of state seizure of intellectual property, he suggested that people be allowed to compete for contracts, much like in normal capitalist systems, the difference being at the end, the State would compensate the researchers in R&D costs, pay a large fee for the patent rights, and subcontract with the researcher to create the item in question, but retain ownership of said item.
The idea took off like a rocket in many areas as it seemed to combine traditional Socialism and Capitalism into a package which could work. The theories are still being refined, but Info-Socialism looks like it’s here to stay
Tenants are to follow
A brave little theory, and actually quite coherent for a system of five or seven dimensions -- if only we lived in one.
Academician Prokhor Zakharov, "Now We Are Alone"
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