@protecttruth @mmasnick @shoq

#libraries #MallRats #Librats #culture #socializing #cooperation #publicGoods

@bobwyman @evan @blaine @Gargron What problem would advertising solve?

* servers? New servers continue to pop up faster than user signups, right?
* funding? I don't see donation solicitations often. (Maybe my #serveradmin is just being generous)
* users? Ads would reduce attractiveness and incentivize self promotional antiocial posts, right?

#ads #publicgoods #volunteering #community #regenerativeconomics #mastodon

Oh sh*t, does #taproot enable people to unlock funds for #publicGoods, anonymously.

Aka #directDemocracy.

Ufck us sideways if we didn't see this sooner and it is indeed one of the main reasons for its development.

#bitcoin #askFedi #voting #democracy

Similarly failure to adhere to well-defined and reasoned #protections and #taxes needed for 'thePeople' to preserve what are deemed #publicGoods, could be grounds for #redistributing property, such as #land.

It is why we are so adamant that those few state #policymakers in #Australia who went so far as to privatise something so foundational as our #landRegistries need to be taken to a #criminal court for possible #treason against the people, for handing over such delicate data to #corporatists.

@seasharp
Our connection to the video above isnot working atm, but this discussion is interesting.

We feel its important to make a distinction between #capitalism, and #corporatism.

#Capitalism is, we all #compete but pay taxes to provide #PublicGoods and a #GoodGovt.

#Corporatism is large companies not competing but buying up everything, including the #land. They're helped by a sicophantic, lobotomised govt that…1/2
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There are going to be bad apples in any bunch. We cannot single out #environmentalists any more than #religiousGroups that believe when people die, that's Gods way. Or #capitalists who believe that the 99% don't work hard enough. Or #slavetrade operators, #rentSeekers and rabid #shareholders who want to suck all the #productiveValue from the masses while paying them a pittance and #evadingTaxes that might help pay for #publicGoods like #healthcare.

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@maximilia
This is going to sound super unspecatular but a #mixedEconomy that includes some #taxation for public benefit! ...

... ?

Although depending where you live maybe every road is a corporate-owned toll road, and there are no #publicGoods that helped society, not sure.