#gifteconomy

· 1mo ago

"When people get to do what they love most, rather than being forced to squander their lives on tasks that they do not care about, it takes a lot less to feel prosperous. By contrast, those who seek to profit at others’ expense find that no amount of material wealth is enough to satisfy them." #MutualAid #Commons #GiftEconomy https://crimethinc.com/2025/06/06/mutual-aid-the-commons-and-the-revolutionary-abolition-of-capitalism-revisiting-the-difference-between-mutual-aid-and-charity

CrimethInc.

CrimethInc. : Mutual Aid, the Commons, and the Revolutionary Abolition of Capitalism : Revisiting the Difference Between Mutual Aid and Charity

To get the most out of mutual aid, we ought to create participatory commons in which everyone can contribute and there is no fundamental division between organizers and beneficiaries.

Jess @floridamarx@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@MikeDunnAuthor/117021003223185402 I imagine a world with libraries for everything. Vacation home libraries, boat libraries, bike libraries, tool libraries, labor libraries, skill libraries, childcare libraries, garden libraries, data libraries, software libraries…. A library economy, everything is shared, accessed, and returned. Not charity. A system where the default is access, not ownership. The blueprint has already been laid out. Let’s start implementing our own libraries. #gifteconomy #mutualaid #economy

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@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social

Just think, there are enough vacant homes in the U.S. that every homeless person could have multiple vacation homes, just like the billionaires do... except for the fact that those vacant homes are owned by those billionaires and deliberately kept vacant.

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