GhostOnTheHalfShell, 20 days ago

@makkhorn

Jobs (work), unionization and student debt relief.

I’d be interested at the contributions of each.

makkhorn, 20 days ago

@GhostOnTheHalfShell all of the above! Now we gotta rein in unscrupulous landlords to get rent under control.

GhostOnTheHalfShell, 20 days ago

@makkhorn

Rallying public moral sentiments is key to social change. Direct confrontation of standard practice and thinking.

People can consider methods to spin down debt. To provide finance without interest. Some traditional communities do this. There are various outfits that the emulate it (but I don’t know if above board)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotating_savings_and_credit_association

there are also alternative monetary systems

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiemgauer (a form of freigeld, see Gesell and Friegeld wikis)