# 'Post-Capitalist Expediency'

**URL:** <http://discourse.iapct.org/t/post-capitalist-expediency/16273>\
**Category:** Collective phenomena\
**Created:** [October 17, 2026, 2:09am UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/post-capitalist-expediency/16273 "2026-10-17T02:09:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/post-capitalist-expediency/16273/4 "2026-10-20T23:16:18Z")

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Thanks Rick. For now I’d just add to your preliminary sketch:

A PCT approach to “wealth” would surely, to my mind, include reference to the concept of _degrees of freedom_ - to pick up what seems an incredibly important point from the recent discussion.

> [@Question About Feedback Functions](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/question-about-feedback-functions/16253/145):
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> I recommend to you [Bill’s] paper “Degrees of Freedom in Social Interactions” (1979) which is reprinted in “[Living Control Systems](https://www.livingcontrolsystems.com/lcs1-2/content_lcs1.html)”

When I first read this paper a couple of months ago, it struck me that I hadn’t noticed the concept mentioned much recently. (Warren et al’s _Rethinking Secondary Mental Health Care_ being a notable exception) (and admittedly I skim read a lot)

This concept seems right up there with _respect vs. arbitrary control_ in terms of importance in the overall “vision” of PCT as I currently see it.

In my own relatively broke state, “finding degrees of freedom under constraints” is central to my home economics.

What do you think?

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