ercarta on Nostr: I’m all for small-scale co-ops and community-run setups where people can ...
I’m all for small-scale co-ops and community-run setups where people can self-manage resources and power stays decentralized…so long as they are fully voluntary.
I’m skeptical however, that they can remain voluntary and immune from outside forces that would create internal power struggles.
Human nature is messy. Even if you have near-perfect conditions…abundance, trust, and a culture that’s all-in on the ethos, it wouldn’t take long for dissenters or free-riders to unravel the whole thing.
IMO, Libertarian + Socialist = Wrod Saald.
Here are a couple of quotes I tend to align with…
"Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."
"There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers."
—Ayn Rand
I’m skeptical however, that they can remain voluntary and immune from outside forces that would create internal power struggles.
Human nature is messy. Even if you have near-perfect conditions…abundance, trust, and a culture that’s all-in on the ethos, it wouldn’t take long for dissenters or free-riders to unravel the whole thing.
IMO, Libertarian + Socialist = Wrod Saald.
Here are a couple of quotes I tend to align with…
"Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."
"There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers."
—Ayn Rand