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You forget the influence of the church. Much of the origins of the coop businesses come from church oriented communities serving their needs in some way. I'd a
by hkt 7y ago
You forget the influence of the church. Much of the origins of the coop businesses come from church oriented communities serving their needs in some way.
I'd also argue that lots of relatively limited local maxima where everyone is happy and materially comfortable is a million times better than centralised hell of capitalism as it stands. Limited maybe, but most people won't approach the ceiling in more dynamic places. It's the greatest good for the greatest number.
- TurboHaskal 7y agoWell it's Catholic doctrine after all. Edit: Downvoters should read about distributism.
- jawns 7y agoHi, I'm a big fan of distributism and co-ops, and I'm also a Catholic. But I have to quibble with you. Distributism is not Catholic doctrine. It's a third-way economic system that is compatible with Catholic social teaching, and several influential Catholic figures, such as G.K. Chesterton, helped promulgate it. But you don't have to be Catholic to be a distributist, and you can be a Catholic without being a distributist.
- TurboHaskal 7y agoOh, I didn't know the English term. In my country we literally say what it would mean "Catholic social doctrine" instead.
- Wildgoose 7y agoI'm also a big fan of Distributism (and G.K. Chesterton for that matter), but my background is Protestant. Distributism is just a great idea that everybody should support.
- Tyrek 7y agoLocal maxima is explicitly not the greatest good for the greatest number. In many ways, it's the greatest good for the greatest visible number, and only for a relatively short period of time. I'm not the biggest fan of raw unbridled capitalism, but there are aspects to innovation and competition that you're absolutely passing on if you default to local maxima solutions. Long term, you're going to get outcompeted/outteched if you remain in the status quo.