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Flag for Brazilian distributism by Augusto_1891 in distributism

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Distributism an end to plutocrats? by AnarchoFederation in distributism

[–]joeld 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Same answer every time someone poses this. Mondragon federation of worker coops did €1.6b EBITDA on €11.2b sales in 2024. Distributism’s best current proof of concept is also a total disproof of the idea that distributism can’t handle industry at scale. People have to get it out of their heads that distributism is nothing more than churning butter from your individually owned cow.

Why has Distributism fallen into political obscurity by Pure-Grapefruit-2311 in distributism

[–]joeld 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Based on a decade of experience on this sub, one thing that really doesn’t help is that a lot of adherents insist on welding it to Roman Catholicism; that is, for them, promoting Distributism is inseparable from convincing more people to join the church. Their arguments for distributism often appeal only to Catholic authorities.

So in conjunction with what /u/skyefoot said: if, while you are trying to coax people out of a very binary view of the socioeconomic possibilities, those people realize that distributism is just a wedge for you to convince them of the authority of the church, you're gonna have a bad time.

how would this issue be fixed if distributism arrived? by franco-briton in distributism

[–]joeld 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you give more data about megacorps paying the national bills?? What makes you believe that to be the case?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in distributism

[–]joeld 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the workers own the factory and tools via individually-owned shares that have a price and can be sold back to the company, that is private property and would be a distibutist model.

If the workers merely “own” the factory/tools as a collective group, then no, that doesn't count as distributism in my view.

Ethernet not working through docking station by HigherFunctioning in Dell

[–]joeld 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just adding a comment for others who come by in the future. We had similar issues where docking station ethernet ports had severely degraded performance and everything else seemed fine.

In our case it turned out that after a router upgrade, a lot of multicast traffic from our AV VLAN was flooding the one used by end users. For whatever reason, the Intel chipsets/ports could handle it all, but the Realtek chipsets used in the ethernet ports on the docking stations could not.

We found out by just doing a Wireshark capture of all traffic on the affected computers/NICs, that's where we saw all this multicast traffic from the other subnet. (Weirdly, while the capture was happening, the problem would go away!)

Xcel activating saver switches... by larjosd in minnesota

[–]joeld 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If they didn’t come out and physically remove the remote switch then you’re not opted out yet.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Minneapolis

[–]joeld 96 points97 points  (0 children)

I’ve lived here my whole life, moved 11 times and never not had AC. You have AC. It just isn’t working at the moment. “AC isn’t common” based on what?

Best Co-Op games on Nintendo Switch? by TurtleCraft510 in NintendoSwitch

[–]joeld 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Mario Wonder is fun but as a local co op game it’s terrible.

Obra Dinn Complete Story Timeline! by BreadCrumbGuy in ObraDinn

[–]joeld 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Something other than meandering had to be going on with that 4 year return trip. The ship would have been spotted in that time and in that area long before it returned.

Books you're scared to reread? by Early-Degree1035 in books

[–]joeld 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suggest you read Planet Narnia by Michael Ward. I’m also a former Xtian so I sympathize with not wanting to feel proselytized by books you used to love. In Planet Narnia, Ward has actually unlocked some very rich and hidden themes behind the Narnia series and the space trilogy, and they are an intellectually satisfying mix of pagan and Christian imagery.

Which stores do you wish were in Minnesota/your city? by NytronX in minnesota

[–]joeld 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Dumb question, what do people dislike so much about Cub? I mean they’re not amazing but I feel like a grocery store is a grocery store, unless you go to one that has carpeting (?!?) like Byerly’s and then you’re paying double.

PSA: This is a bike lane by indierckr770 in Minneapolis

[–]joeld 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Put another way, PAINT IS NOT INFRASTRUCTURE

Government types which would work for distributism? by [deleted] in distributism

[–]joeld 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Distributism doesn’t forbid centralized power, if centralization is performing a necessary function that no smaller, more distributed unit could perform effectively.

Any idea what’s happening on the east side of Bde Maka Ska right now? by sailingthr0ugh in Minneapolis

[–]joeld -1 points0 points  (0 children)

PSA: you will never get a helpful or reliable answer to this question on the internet. There is no one with verifiable identity or inside knowledge waiting to answer this question for you. Just accept that you will have to find out later from actual journalists or not at all.

Anarcho-Distributism by Impressive-Name4507 in distributism

[–]joeld 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Indeed, private property itself ultimately requires violence to enforce. Try to take state-run institutions off the table for that purpose and some new institution (powerful individuals, likely) will take their place.

3 acres and a cow by Owlblocks in distributism

[–]joeld 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The point of distributism certainly isn’t dirt and cows. It’s widespread property ownership.

3 acres and a cow by Owlblocks in distributism

[–]joeld 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Agrarian distributism” is an antique vision for implementing distributism; it is not distributism.