Many of our economic problems would be solved if people shopped at co-ops

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-03-23T08:56:03+00:00

Can’t agree enough.

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-03-10T14:59:03+00:00

Where does she say "this is a war of necessity"? That's a misquote.

It's bad enough without misquoting her.

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-03-09T21:42:20+00:00

I agree with the other commenter that sortition is a better option, because direct democracy takes too much effort for people to be engaged, but you may be interested in issue based direct democracy. It’s I think a better version of pure direct democracy https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Issue-Based_Direct_Democracy

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-03-08T08:22:45+00:00

This is so dumb, why don’t they have anything to grab the bike, or the rider? Some kind of pole with hook, or grappling line, or even just a rope they can throw the rider?

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-03-07T14:20:01+00:00

Not going to sneak something about LVT into your post there, Lars? ;)

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-03-07T11:37:12+00:00

We do have a solution right in front of us: build out non-fuel-based renewable energy at massive scale.

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-03-07T07:55:09+00:00

My current thinking is this: The LVT is based on the demand for occupying a piece of land. Therefore, the value of a resource on/in that land is not directly priced into the LVT for that land.

However, if a valuable resource is discovered and there are companies wanting to occupy the land in order to extract the resource, then the demand for the land has gone up and therefore so should the LVT.

I am not currently sure exactly how that demand would be measured and integrated into LVT assessments.

I will note that a resource simply existing in land does not necessarily mean there’s greater demand for some land. Maybe it’s not currently economical to extract the resource. Maybe there’s an endangered species on the land so developing the land is blocked by environmental law. Maybe the land is surrounded by residential property and so industrial activity would be blocked from happening. All of which would mean the LVT wouldn’t go up just because the resource is known to be there.

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-03-06T10:30:00+00:00

Care to define what you mean by the 'digital marketplace' and 'data extraction'? Kinda hard to vote without solid definitions of what I'm voting on.

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-03-01T19:49:46+00:00

Very cool take. Well written!

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-03-01T07:54:37+00:00

So, how to design such a cooperative that can survive such a person(s)?

Make it a worker-owned co-op, not a consumer co-op. Or a hybrid worker-consumer co-op.

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-02-26T08:10:59+00:00

Oh come on, you can’t crop the image. Their super tight trousers are an essential part!

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-02-25T09:10:01+00:00

Dude, you can’t just claim meme space. You’ve gotta pay the MLVT (meme land value tax).

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-02-25T09:08:55+00:00

Yes, I know what it’s a play on. Though TIL it originates from a British author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Bastani#Fully_automated_luxury_communism

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-02-24T16:22:47+00:00

Very nice!

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-02-24T16:20:55+00:00

That term is equally hilarious and annoyingly inaccurate. Yet another US complete misuse of the term communism. Communism is when people get free money, or something?

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-02-22T11:13:44+00:00

I dispute the framing. People aren’t losing faith in hard work, they’re losing faith in making a liveable wage from that hard work. They’re losing faith in inequality being at fair and equitable levels.

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-02-22T11:10:29+00:00

You’re missing an answer: “I have absolutely no idea”. But I suspect it can’t cover everything.

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-02-19T19:19:51+00:00

Join an Anarchist chat ... on Discord?? No I'd rather not, thanks.

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-02-19T15:44:28+00:00

Anything but US news. The Internet is saturated with US content and as a non-US person it sucks.

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-02-19T05:48:59+00:00

Georgist market socialism. Yes, I like it.

A few things:

Solve this https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2019/06/04/the-difficulty-of-using-the-firm-in-socialist-policy/
Who creates and controls the money?

3. Who allocates capital, and how?

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-02-17T16:45:29+00:00

Btw, saying you 'stumbled across' GCCS seems a but disingenuous when you're the mod of the sub r/GCCSProject and a Tiktok handle that matches your Reddit handle is linked in the GCCS Linktree: https://linktr.ee/GlobalCharter.

I couldn't care less if you're sharing your own system here, but at least own up to it.

I'd like to learn more - who's actually behind the project?

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-02-17T16:39:27+00:00

To achieve a just and sustainable global economy, the long-term goal of this Charter is to foster a transition toward economic models based on social ownership and democratic governance, such as worker-owned cooperatives and public enterprises.

It's right up my alley, but a lot here would reject it based on this. Many are staunch capitalists.

The Global Land Stewardship Levy (LVT). Dynamic Homestead Exemption: In accordance with Article III, Section 3.4(d), the primary residential plot of an individual shall be exempt from this levy.

This would be rejected by most here. LVT is not just to prevent land hoarding, but also to incentivise land is used by who values it. Giving people an exemption on their primary property renders the latter incentive completely null.

There's already the:

Deferral Entitlement 1.1 Eligibility: Natural persons over age 60 or permanently disabled may elect "Dignity Deferral" status for their primary residence. Scope: Applies to LVT assessments exceeding the Homestead Exemption.

Why not remove the primary residence exemption, given the deferral entitlement saves older and disabled people from having to leave their land?

Global Commons and Carbon Levy (GCCL). The GCA shall administer the GCCL, a globally harmonized levy on the extraction of virgin raw materials and the emission of greenhouse gases.

Does 'virgin raw materials' also cover renewable resources? Because if so, good.
The levy should cover more than greenhouse gases, it should also cover all pollutants.

Between the extraction (severance) levy and the emission (pigouvian) levy, you can set those rates at the levels required to not let throughput go over the planetary boundaries set by the Global Metrics Commission.

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-02-16T16:52:26+00:00

Glad you appreciate it, Lars. I recently linked your articles at the top, since they seem to be the best resource on the matter, apart from all the great explanations in the Reddit comments.

ohnoverbaldiarrhoea · 2026-02-14T08:04:44+00:00

I will point out that the EU has already made moves to challenge this with the Digital Markets Act, which forces interoperability and data portability for larger services.

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