I'm very distrustful of money and its corrupting influence.

At various times in history, revolutionaries have naively called anything from pencils to computers, "the oppressor's tools", something vile and despicable.

One has to remember that Richard M. Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation started out writing Free Software with the non-Free Software tools he had available to him. Fight fire with fire!

By the same token, I'm going to start a software business with the intention of making money, lots of it. Thinking of a worker-owned co-operative where people can pool talents to work on large projects from anywhere on the Net. Spread the wealth, I say! The Endgame is an End to Capitalism and Money.

At present, I'm looking into other co-ops, such as Spain's Mondragon, to learn from them.

I love the idea of an egalitarian organization. However, I'm very fearful of relinquishing creative control and producing shoddy output designed by a committee. You see, ( like everyone else ) I fancy myself a creative genius. ​​ Basically, it means that I really think that the things I like are really in good taste. I approve of me! 😆

"To make effective decisions, a committee should consist of no more than three members, two of them absent." — Civil Service Joke.

Artists are some very social people, but they don't normally invite a dozen friends into their Art studio to decide where to apply each brushstroke.


If anyone has any pointers, I'm all ears.

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