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Is there a good faith counter-narrative to the history of People’s Parks and Houses that isn’t presented here? I’m genuinely curious. The whole movement seems f
by keenmaster 6y ago
Is there a good faith counter-narrative to the history of People’s Parks and Houses that isn’t presented here? I’m genuinely curious. The whole movement seems fascinating, but I wasn’t satisfied with the explanation of why Sweden adopted a more neoliberal approach after WWII. You’d think there are at least some downsides of bottom-up welfare, otherwise it would have persisted for longer. If Swedes really wanted to they could try a similar approach to welfare today. I suspect it takes a lot of communal bandwidth that is scarcer in the modern age. The average person is substituting whatever “work leisure” they may have performed before with pure leisure. The former, more civic form of leisure is necessary for bottom-up welfare.