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Politics and social movements Considered irrelevant and counterproductive. They are the product of discontent workers problems can only be solved by technological and administrative fixes (better management by expert bureaucrats over the utilization of resources). Politics only makes things more complicated by bringing in unviable ‘ideological’ positions. Political and social control over the distribution and appropriation over the means of productions is the only certain guarantee that resources would be used for the common good, that is, economic and societal development. Politics is the dominant variable determining the success or failure of developmental policies. Market Is the dominant vehicle for accumulation of capital and thus for the advancement of society. If allowed to work, it can efficiently allocate resources and promote efficiency through competition. It must remain free from political and social control to be able to work properly. The profit seeking ‘nature’ of individuals, when aggregated, sums up for the common good of humankind. Is considered a possible threat to social and ecological relations and must thus be regulated and brought under political and social control. If allowed to work freely they would destroy the social and ecological bases of human existence. Markets don’t cease to exist, but their importance is relativized while other forms of economy (social, solidarity, reciprocity) are recognized and supported. Property Individual private Above all, land