Let's Co-opefy The Economy, Decenter The Corporatocracy

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[–]EddieC[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Not everyone will choose to start a co-op. But everyone will get to decide whether to buy from Co-ops or Oligarch-owned corporations.

[–]fschmidt 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Since almost everything in the modern world is horrible, I simply buy from the best source regardless of their ideology.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So the entire machine churns on, grinding up forests, water, topsoil, languages in its trajectory, but I have the option to buy coffee from a cooperative? Sounds like the status quo.

[–]EddieC[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It is status quo to the extent that there are no institutional changes - because we are not in a real position to do them, but more importantly, we can make real changes without them - by simply focusing on the inalienable power we have collectively - economic power.
With each individual deciding to buy from co-ops and to form co-ops, each individual will inoculate her/him self from being exploited by Corporations ie the 0.01%. "Herd Immunity" is reached when the very idea of corporations having any material impact on our lives is looked down upon & shunned by the majority as it would represent a return to enslavement by the minority.