You really must read this wonderful post by @_MillieRooney, using Alone Australia to explore how our systems of economy and government keep us alone and how we can come together to Renovate Australia and build a collaborate state.

My only dispute, as we’ve discussed, is whether what emerges from that should be called a “state”. I think not. But that’s a quibble.

Let’s bloody do this thing.
#democracy #PoliticalEcology #community #collaboration

https://www.australiaremade.org/blog/alone-australia-or-collaboration-for-the-nation-we-want

Alone Australian or collaboration for the nation we want? — Australia Remade

After the success of Alone Australia, I’ve had a great idea for a new reality TV show. It’s called “Alone Australian” and we get to watch ten plucky people dropped, completely alone, into the middle of a housing crisis and rely only on their wits and a dodgy internet connection to access the servic

Australia Remade

@timhollo @_MillieRooney great article! 💖

I differ with you on "state" though Tim, the mind set of needing a state really does invite the same problems the article is addressing to return later.

States always end up using violence to enforce their will, even when otherwise well-intentioned.

@craige @timhollo Thanks Craig. Yeah, as I said to Tim's post... important to keep this critique going and to work out what the alternative is. I genuinely don't know how we navigate the different scales needed and the language to match... Currently grappling with this in some work on care and disaster...
@_MillieRooney @timhollo you're doing great work 🙂
@timhollo yeah thanks Tim. I think this is a good quibble and one we should keep quibbling our way through until we work out what the new thing looks like!
@timhollo @_MillieRooney ... 🤣😂 ... brilliant. Absolutely brilliant but ... 😢😭. I just 'skimmed' through it but once I get off the phone after an hour 36 min wait for 'a' Centrelink staff to answer (& then probs a 6-7 min long connection to them, about 4 mins of which I'll be 'on hold') I'll read it more thoroughly. I reckon Millie Rooney should collaborate with the script writers from Working Dog and get Rob Sitch to act in/direct it ... 🤷‍♂️ might get some airtime.

@scuttlebutter @timhollo oh thanks so much!
Now who can get me in front of those people...?

And goodluck with Centrelink!!