Tinker ☀️ on Nostr: I dont have retirement savings. (that's a whole thing there but not important for ...

I dont have retirement savings.

(that's a whole thing there but not important for this post)

But in looking at how I'm supposed to "save for retirement" my options are limited:
- Investments in corporations that hurt others (even "sustainable" or "ethical" corps are profit driven).
- Investments in REITs which destroy people's ability to find shelter.
- Investment in my own business where I would exploit my own workers to get ahead.
- Investment in bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and other get rich quick speculation that destroys the planet.

I don't like those options.

So I'm investing my time and money in what I actually need in old age:
- Shelter
- Food
- Water
- Healthcare
- Energy

I'm doing that by building and strengthening mutual aid efforts, community, and community infrastructure.

I place my efforts into:
- tenant co-ops
- post-scarcity food production & distribution (my passion)
- clean water intiatives
- Local healthcare providers and patient co-ops
- Decentralized renewable energy initiatives and co-ops

For example, my food initiatives that I am building out, supporting, and pouring into - I expect to draw from in my old age. Mutual Aid is not charity. Mutual Aid is for me and my neighbors. It is not extractive or exploitative. The more we use it, the more it grows.

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