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Originally Posted by Giggleton
Your book commissar flaw depends on our society not being able to compensate authors without a paywall forcing them to do so.
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Society is good at funding things that are used by many, such as schools, roads and parks. It is terrible at things that are used by individuals, such as books. The Book Commissar is not likely to select books that I want to read, I am not going to surrender my choice in books to some Book Commissar.
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Meaning you think people won't pay for books that they can download for free.
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You keep insisting that you won't.
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Nevermind all that gibberish about people not placing value on things that they don't spend money on, that's just 20th century psychobabble.
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Yes, I can see why you would want me to avoid that. It is very convenient to avoid things that make mincemeat out of one's arguments. It's like saying "What is 2+2, and nevermind all that gibberish about 4!" You value books at zero dollars and zero cents.
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What I assert is that authors shouldn't be able to sell books, readers will still be able to buy of course, and so authors will be paid. This is called a free market.
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Nonsense. There is no such thing as buying without selling. If I can't sell, you can't possibly buy.