One of the most counter-intuitive justifications for refusing to stop mindlessly competing and work co-operatively toward a shared common good is that it is more of a strain, takes more effort, with less return on investment than working alone.

The rationale most often heard is that the person is sick, disabled, tired, beaten down, overwhelmed, with the implication being that somehow a shared burden is heavier?

Based on that logic, extended families, communities, tribes, villages, towns would never form except by coercion.

It is a circle that cannot be squared.
#COOP #CooperativeCulture #CooperativeCapital #MutualAid to secure the #GneralWelfare and a shared #CommonGood #EconomicDemocracy for #SocialDemocracy

While I am deeply committed to economic democracy for social democracy, my correspondence with Professor Gordon-Nembhard and futile attempts to join and gain support from the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, headquartered in Oakland, reveal their antipathy towards Black Trans Women.

They are not allies.

Moving on

This week, Jessica Gordon-Nembhard writes about how the first nationwide directory of worker co-ops - compiled by GEO and titled An Economy of Hope - sowed the seeds for what would eventually become the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives.
#COOP #SolidarityEconomics #MutualAid #CooperativeCapital
https://geo.coop/articles/economy-hope-us-federation-worker-cooperatives

Intentional Community and Capitalism
“Capitalism isn’t just an economic system we live inside. It is a culture that lives inside of us. It influences our psychology, how we design our communities, how we relate to each other, the kind of culture we create, and what’s possible for us to do together.”
— Blue Sky

#EconomicDemocracy #CooperativeCapital #IntentionalCommunity #SocialDemocracy
https://www.shareable.net/intentional-community-and-capitalism/

Just saw a tweet about an outfit calling itself #CooperativeCapital in #Michigan that's a Delaware LLC.

It looks like it's basically a black-led big SME and real estate investment club-ish thing aimed at making a 6% return from disinvested communities with a low ($1k) minimum investment. So probably not actively evil, but also likely in violation of #MI's #coop identity law what w/ not actually being a co-op.

The #SocialCoop hivemind have any insights?

https://twitter.com/MattCropp/status/981324965814460416