I think alot of the reason why it doesn’t “just happen” is not because it can’t but because of A) A lack of people that know it is an alternative and B) The cultural norms that make us think that the world is “all or nothing”
For the first part the only way that can change is through people telling other people about mutual aid and the second part is something that can change. A good example of how that can be done through game theory is shown through this site: The Evolution of Trust
This is my answer in another comment on a different post.
I only heard about them recently too so I might give an incomplete answer but the general gist is that mutual aid is when a group of people band together and share whatever resources and services that they have to offer to other people in that group.
So if someone made an excess of vegetables in their garden they would give that to others in the group with expecting anything immediately in return in the hopes that when their fence breaks down and they request help someone with knowledge on how to fix it would be willing to come help.
As for finding mutual aid groups I’ve seen mutualaid.wiki and mutual aid hub but I’m not sure of what else there is.
I mean I sorta thought that most people haven’t heard about them but also it seems like a simple enough answer that the fact that most people haven’t heard of it meant that people haven’t been willing to share the idea meaning that something was wrong with the idea.
So I am asking other people that have heard about them about the problems.
P.S. Just randomly looked through mutualaid.wiki and it seems you are right. You might have more luck on mutualaidhub.org or just searching up mutual aid on google.
Well that sucks and I hope the communities around you grow to be bigger so they can help more people. As for me I was able to find mutual aid network that is supported by DSA of america so it seems like its more organized and more robust so I think for now it depends on where you are.
Someone else said in response to my comment in a different post that it is sort of a chicken and the egg problem where people have to join the network first before the network becomes useful and I think that’s what is happening here where people aren’t joining therefore they have a lack of organization for those communities.
This seems like it can be fixed by making it so that before you get aid you have to join the mutual aid network first and secondly making it public knowledge what requests each individual member has contributed.
I only heard about them recently too so I might give an incomplete answer but the general gist is that mutual aid is when a group of people band together and share whatever resources and services that they have to offer to other people in that group.
So if someone made an excess of vegetables in their garden they would give that to others in the group without expecting anything immediately in return in the hopes that when their fence breaks down and they request help someone with knowledge on how to fix it would be willing to come help.
As for finding mutual aid groups I’ve seen mutualaid.wiki and mutual aid hub but I’m not sure of what else there is.
I only heard about them recently too so I might give an incomplete answer but the general gist is that mutual aid is when a group of people band together and share whatever resources and services that they have to offer to other people in that group.
So if someone made an excess of vegetables in their garden they would give that to others in the group with expecting anything immediately in return in the hopes that when their fence breaks down and they request help someone with knowledge on how to fix it would be willing to come help.
As for finding mutual aid groups I’ve seen mutualaid.wiki and mutual aid hub but I’m not sure of what else there is.
So you are saying that the main barriers are housing and electricity. Ok that makes sense but I suspect that there might be plenty of places where you could first get people in that network to collectively save up to buy plots of land to then eventually build up housing. I just think that their is alot of wasted potential to actually directly support these people more.
It would be up to the individual that wants to support the request not necessarily the group. If there is someone that is known to not be able to provide something because they are sick I’d assume there would still be some people that would want to help them. Also people with disabilities aren’t helpless and can still be useful to a community. So where they can’t in help in one way they can help in another.
Yeah sometimes the best thing for your mental health is to spend time with your own thoughts by yourself off of social media. I have family members that are connected online all of the time and barely spend time thinking without being influenced by what’s going on in the news that day. It has a toll on them.
I mean even then I’d still say you should actively search for what you are looking for. If you want to listen to something about painting because you have an art project you are working on actively search out a podcast episode that tackles that topic. Instead of just having someone that you know about and listening to them 24/7 letting their thoughts become your thoughts.
DAMON CENTOLA: Creating Change: How To Make Big Things Happen - Stretch Conference 2021 (www.youtube.com)
This isn’t directly advertised as left-wing content but has a focus on social change and philosophically has implications related to anarchism.
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Why don't more poor people join mutual aid groups instead of using charities?
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Anatomy of a sellout: UPS tentative agreement includes two-tier wages for part-timers, freezes to pension contributions for some (www.wsws.org)
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We should use the internet with more intention.
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Standing my ground on going back to the office
I guess this is a correct community to post about this? If not let me know....