Gregory's Server@katco @aral I don't think it is possible for one (ordinary) person to affect change. However, collectively we can.
I think there are people out there doing their best to affect change. I think labor leaders are good examples of that.
People were spread thin and hurting during the last gilded age as well. It was only through their perseverance that we had the labor movement and obtained things like social security and the minimum wage.
@avocado_toast @katco @aral
Cooperatives are legally defined and successful in many countries [1], especially Spain, such as #Mondragon. (We actually bought our kitchen cooker from a Mondragon sub-company without realising it!)
Surely these cooperatives need *some* geeks and web services?
And specifically for geeks, there's even a specific name, "platform cooperatives" [2].
Support cooperatives and they'll continue growing.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_cooperative
@avocado_toast @katco @aral
Cooperatives are legally defined and successful in many countries [1], especially Spain, such as #Mondragon. (We actually bought our kitchen cooker from a Mondragon sub-company without realising it!)
Surely these cooperatives need *some* geeks and web services?
And specifically for geeks, there's even a specific name, "platform cooperatives" [2].