Matthew Slats wrote: When a project takes on venture capital or sells shares, it becomes obliged to maximise the returns on investment
There is a solution to this conundrum. We can for invest for Product instead of Profit. But only Users can accept Product as ROI, so the Users would crowd-fund the operation by pre-paying for the service with the Product being their return. This way, we don't even *sell* the Product at all, because instead of buying the Product back from their collectives 'self', they *already* own it - as a result of their co-owning the Sources of that Product. Notice, since there is no sale, Price and Cost are the same, and so Profit is UNDEFINED. This is obvious for single-ownership. For example, you only pay the real costs for operating a network in your own home. But we, as groups of Users, can do this on a larger scale to avoid the unpleasant side-effects of seeking to perpetuate Profit. Sincerely, Patrick Anderson http://ImputedProduction.BlogSpot.com