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I think you're starting out on a really great idea! You can go much bigger than that! How could you inject, for example, production into your idea? How about mutual aid (non-monetary)?

Have you read any books on the matter? Here's an excerpt from Slow Down by Kohei Saito:

A major strength of co-ops is that workers can work as they wish. Co-ops aim to advance a “social and solidarity economy” (SSE) that restores the regional community through workplace training and management practices. Through labor, workers can make investments weighted toward the long-term prosperity of the region. This amounts to nothing less than the democratization of the economy by making the realm of production itself into a form of commons. This might sound like a far-fetched dream to some. But it doesn’t have to be. Workers’ cooperatives of this sort are spreading all over the world. Spain’s famous Mondragon Corporation is a federation of workers’ cooperatives with a long history, boasting more than 74,000 members. In Japan, too, there have been workers’ co-ops in sectors like nursing, childcare, forest management, agriculture, waste disposal, and so on for close to forty years. Their collective reach amounts to more than 15,000 people. Even in the capitalist stronghold of the United States, workers’ co-ops have developed in remarkable ways. Notably, the Evergreen Cooperatives in Ohio, Cooperation Buffalo in New York, and Cooperation Jackson in Mississippi are examples of citizen movements to revitalize communities by addressing problems related to housing, green energy, food, waste disposal, and so on. Based on the successful model of Mondragon Corporation in the Basque Region of Spain, these co-ops aim to build a network of democratic institutions to empower workers.

Democracy at Work by Richard Wolff is another good one.

Oh yea, and check this out too. From Humanizing the Economy by John Restakis:

In January 1997, Seikatsu Club, in cooperation with producers, inspected every consumer item in the market and adopted its own labeling system, which excluded genetically modified (GM) food, feed and additives.

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Farmers contracted for a specified amount of produce based on pre-orders by co-op members. Produce was then delivered to co-op distribution centers where delivery trucks brought the pre-ordered products to the neighborhoods. Local Han would then coordinate the neighborhood distribution. The system was efficient, cheap to operate and subject to careful supervision by co-op members. It cut out the middleman, ending profiteering; it allowed farmers to plan and produce for a confirmed buyer, thereby avoiding the waste and risk associated with mass production for uncertain markets; direct distribution from farm to household eliminated the need for stores, warehousing and expensive packaging, thus cutting capital and overhead costs; and the system facilitated direct communication and collaboration between consumers and producers on how to improve the system and the products. Soon, with the support of producers, Seikatsu Club had established a milk company and its own production of miso according to strict quality controls. It now owns nine companies that produce products for its members. Over the last 30 years, this partnership with producers has brought 3,000 consumer goods to the market in accordance with Seikatsu specifications. Sixty percent of these are food items. And in contrast to supermarkets that stock up to 300,000 items, Seikatsu Club offers only one brand of each product it sells. This brand is usually superior to the rest, and the practice reduces unnecessary competition between brands and eliminates advertising costs that are passed on to the consumer.

Keep going, we are millions!

I see, thanks for spelling it out for me!

Oh, I see. Thanks.

The US economy? How do you figure that?

Not even very good land:

Russia has been facing severe environmental issues, with the country's Natural Resources Ministry naming 35 cities and towns with dangerously high air pollution levels. The country's air pollution is largely attributed to industrial activity and vehicular traffic, with over 200 cities exceeding pollution limits. The Krasnoyarsk region has the highest air pollution level, with the city of Norilsk being the worst offender, releasing 1,787,000 tons of pollutants into the air. Other major cities like Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and Volgograd also experience high concentrations of air pollution. Water pollution is also a serious concern, with 75% of surface water and 50% of all water in Russia contaminated. The country's soil degradation, nuclear waste storage, and deforestation further contribute to its environmental challenges.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68120973

Not sure what they're on about.

This is an interesting point, but what are you saying? Sorry, I'm a bit dense.

As an aside- does the article's source (thecanary.co) have anything to do with Canary Mission? I would assume not, based on the content, but what's with the common bird theme?

Which words?

Aw man, just when not supporting Capitalism became illegal :/

https://jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-classifies-anti-capitalism-as-a-political-pre-crime

Capitalism has always needed lots of support from the government in order to work (and I think we hurt Capitalism's feelings).

It’s important to remember that the New Deal was a compromise between the Capitalists and the Labor Unions / Communists. There has to be a far left threat to Capital for the status quo to move to the left at all. That has been absent in the USA for decades (like you said, starting around Nixon time) which partially explains how far right the USA has moved with decline in labor’s share of profits, increasing wealth inequality and now all the way to fascist violence.

You will never get a president that just enacts sane social policies without a strong left, and that means organizing and Labor Unions.

It's important to remember that the New Deal was a compromise between the Capitalists and the Labor Unions / Communists. There has to be a far left threat to Capital for the status quo to move to the left at all. That has been absent in the USA for decades (like you said, starting around Nixon time) which partially explains how far right the USA has moved with decline in labor's share of profits, increasing wealth inequality and now all the way to fascist violence.