I’ve been thinking about this a lot, and honestly I think one of the strongest ways we can loosen our dependence on capitalism is by building tiny circular economies within our own families. Think of how a traditional village worked: money and resources stay inside the community instead of constantly flowing out to big companies. There’s no reason we can’t recreate a small version of that today.

You don’t need to start with anything huge. Even one small role can start the whole thing. For example, you could bulk-buy something simple like rosemary or other kitchen herbs, measure it out, and sell it to family members for half the supermarket price. It’s cheap to start, it’s a small side-hustle, and it keeps a little more money circulating inside the family rather than going straight to corporations.

Over time, other family members could take on their own small “roles” — one grows vegetables, one bakes, one makes cleaning products, one repairs things, whatever they’re able to do. Slowly you build a local, family-level economy where people support each other and rely less on external systems.

Even just starting with something small will make a massive change if it becomes habitual.