Eutanasia del rentista o una muerte no-violenta del capitalismo Euthanasia of the Rentier or a Non-Violent Death of Capitalism
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Pregunta: ¿Por qué la inmensa mayoría de la población (proletarios pobres y clases medias), mediante sus decisiones y transacciones económicas obedecen abyectamente a una ínfima minoría de rentistas y capitalistas? Metología: lectura crítica de la literatura económica relevante, en relación con la discusión sobre la eutanasia del rentista. Resultados: En este artículo se expone una teorización de la renta, principalmente basada en la bioeconomía y parcialmente en el marxismo. Se explican las rentas por apropiación de recursos naturales, de información y las rentas monetarias. Se hace énfasis en que rentistas y capitalistas son, en realidad, la única clase dominante. El enfoque aquí planteado se diferencia radicalmente de la perspectiva de eutanasia del rentista, originalmente planteada por Keynes, el cual se limita a las rentas monetarias y preserva el sistema capitalista. En este artículo se propone una eutanasia del rentista, implementable mediante una acción política noviolenta, es decir, mediante la no cooperación (desobediencia) de los proletarios y de los consumidores, esto con el fin de desintegrar económica y políticamente a rentistas y capitalistas. Este proceso debería conducir a una economía noviolenta, y a un decrecimiento de los sectores nocivos y rentistas. El decrecimiento, por definición, debe ser anti-capitalista e implica una abolición del lucro y del capital. Conclusiones: Al final se concluye mostrando algunas limitaciones e imposibilidades de tal propuesta.
Question: Why does the vast majority of the population (poor proletarians and middle classes), through their economic decisions and transactions, abjectly obey a tiny minority of rentiers and capitalists? Methodology: Critical reading of the relevant economic literature, in relation to the discussion on the euthanasia of the rentier. Results: This article presents a theorization of rent, based primarily on bioeconomics and partially on Marxism. It explains rents from the appropriation of natural resources, information, and monetary rents. It emphasizes that rentiers and capitalists are, in reality, the only dominant class. The approach presented here differs radically from the perspective of the euthanasia of the rentier, originally proposed by Keynes, which is limited to monetary rents and preserves the capitalist system. This article proposes a euthanasia of the rentier, implementable through nonviolent political action, that is, through the non-cooperation (disobedience) of proletarians and consumers, with the aim of economically and politically disintegrating rentiers and capitalists. This process should lead to a nonviolent economy and the decline of harmful and rentier sectors. De-growth, by definition, must be anti-capitalist and implies the abolition of profit and capital. Conclusions: The article concludes by showing some limitations and impossibilities of such a proposal.
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