We Went To Nebraska. What We Found Could Unrig The Economy.

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It's funny because people who have been told to hate socialism will look at this and say this is what we need

BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA — Yes, employee-owned companies and municipal or state owned banks that keep money in state. Bank profits are then used for state needs like upkeep of roads. Then citizens need to pay less taxes. There is one bank in America like that in America — THE BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA. When bank profits stay in state rather than go to Wall Street, the citizens are better off financially and they have more trust and security in their lives.

4:41 yes. Make it fun and cheap for customers. Remember, its cheaper to reverse engineer Uber then to write code and invent the ideas. Take the profit of ideas from being a late player to the game and become better like Toyota did, and be cheaper. $51 Uber pays driver 17. Give the ride for 40, and pay them 35. Customers will flock to deals. Especially a clear per mile fee.

Speaking of community-owned platforms: When is More Perfect Union signing up for Nebula?

If you really want to see a successful cooperative then look at Mondragon!

The freedom of capitalism allows us to compete against the economic elites trying to control society. Your "coops" are simply local capitalists competing.

I LOVE IT! I need to reach out to COOP COLORADO!

Also people steel

Julien Anderson invented a solar-powered machine that turns plastic into fuel! He's based in Atlanta and his company is called Naturejab. With the coming issues we are supposed to have this fall with gas prices his solution could help us finally get away from the dangerous cost of relying on oil, particularly foreign oil, that we have to fight over.

If you want to see how an entire economy using this model works out, check out the Basque Country of Spain. Since they adopted this model in the 1960s they have never had a year with growth of less than 50%. That is HUGE. They're a small economy so most people don't know about them. But to give you an idea of how massive 50% growth is, the world record was set by China starting around the same time where they had 8% growth for 30 years. To compare it to our own experience, the US saw 3% growth in the post-ww2 boom that lasted until the 1970s. 50% is massive. Why it works so well is because when you and your co-workers earn 100% of the money your company makes you work harder and smarter than you ever have before. Its your baby. The Basques have long been the most productive workforce on the planet and it is because of this model.

Co-ops are like little islands of socialism in a sea of capitalism. They are not the answer. The capitalist system, with its natural tendency to monopolise, will crush competition. It's capitalism itself that must be overthrown. The very idea of 'people's capitalism' makes no sense. Capitalism is a system where the commanding heights of the global economy are in the hands of a tiny elite who become ever more wealthy. They are enabled by lackey capitalist politicians. Politicians who will send working class people to fight imperialist wars to maintain and increase profits. Capitalism is, and always will be, exploitative. It is the working class that must seize the means of production and service delivery and democratically control it. Anything else is just tinkering around the edges. Rosa Luxemburg pointed out that we face 2 choices: socialism or barbarism. A decaying capitalist system very clearly can only offer the latter.

I get my electricity from an Electric Coop in a deregulated state. I don't have "choice," but I have better prices and much better service. The other side of my city is deregulated, and they lose power more often, and for hours at a time. I rarely lose power, and when I do, it is for less than 15 minutes. My sister sometimes loses power for days at a time after a heavy thunderstorm. As a bonus, if my Coop makes too much in profit, I also get a dividend check.

The concept worked and works in so many countries. And we need it for things like de-centralized power-grids (of renewables). The one big thing co-ops can provide is trust. And trust will become more and more important in the future.

Gov supports big business bc those businesses are donors

best video i have seen in a looooong time

When Uber first arrived, London Taxi operators opened Hive, driver owned black cab booking service. Became very successful and then… They sold to what is now Free Now

Please stop with the clickbait titles. Gives a bad opinion despite the content.

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