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I'm getting so sick of entrenched institutions and organizations acting like this. I know history and I know that is has always been like this to some degree bu
by hpoe 5y ago
I'm getting so sick of entrenched institutions and organizations acting like this. I know history and I know that is has always been like this to some degree but it seems that the level of centralization brought about our ability to rapidly communicate is causing us to revert more and more to entrenched powerful interests, and whereas before you could run away to somewhere new, a new town, a new country, a new frontier now you can't escape it.
The powerful multi-billionaires and oligarchs are the new fueduel Lords who are wheeling and dealing and playing their own little games not caring about the millions of people effected by their decisions.
We now see the guild is making a come back to ensure only those that toe the party line are allowed to profit from a business.
What can we do to fight it?
- derg 5y ago> whereas before you could run away to somewhere new, a new town, a new country, a new frontier now you can't escape it. I genuinely think about this a whole lot. It's wild to think about this being an actual thing... > What can we do to fight it? Organizing and labor unions. The latter isn't the most popular thing around here but it's really the last thing we have. We broke out the guild system and forced fundamental changes in the past and it can be done again, but do we have the will to do so?
- glitchc 5y agoHow is a labour union any different from a guild? Have you heard of the Screen Actors Guild? It's a union!
- adamcstephens 5y ago> What can we do to fight it? Build local power, sustainability and resilience. Essentially some of the things Strong Towns advocates for. We probably can’t fix the massive systems, but we can strive to protect and decouple our local communities from them.