<div dir="ltr">This is a great last-resort until we can finally learn how to share the sources of production for our own, mutual benefit.<div><br></div><div>Since we still do not know how to share, we must do everything in solitary confinement or expose ourselves to domination by others.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Individual production is fun for what it can achieve, but cannot fully compete with Capitalism because it lacks economy of scale.</div><div><br></div><div>Some say Farmer's Markets and CSAs solve this problem, but the prices are so high that most people cannot afford those luxuries.</div>
<div><br></div><div>How is it that products are nearly free when working in isolation, but become inaccessible when grouping together with others?</div><div><br></div><div>I would think the price should be even lower, since we could then enjoy economy of scale.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But another part of the problem is the debt held over the farmers - such that they must charge high prices to pay interest, but never become rich themselves.</div><div><br></div><div>A crowd of middle-income consumers could probably collectively fund the buyout of a farm and so stop paying this usurous tribute.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Crowd funding allows us to evade interest, and crowd ownership will allow us to evade profit.</div><div><br></div><div>By crowd ownership I mean the crowd can own the means of production for the products they predict they will need, and accept those products directly as a return for the risk of investment.</div>
<div><br></div><div>In such a scenario, the product is not sold, and so the price they pay as consumers is exactly the costs they paid as owners, and profit does not exist.</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Patrick Anderson</div>
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