Quote from: genjix on March 17, 2014, 04:03:19 PM

Self organisation and owning your work are good values. ....... I don't see why people would be so opposed to those trying to find ways to empower people, give them back sovereignty and promote a world of independent self-managed individuals.

Absolutely.

I've posted these links before in a previous thread - but I'll post them again here because (although they are small scale) I think they give a glimpse of the way forward.

   The first is the Tower Colliery, Wales.

   ("Led by local NUM Branch Secretary Tyrone O'Sullivan, 239 miners joined TEBO (Tower Employees Buy-Out), with each pledging £8,000 from their redundancy payouts to buy back Tower. Against stiff central government resistance to the possibility of reopening the mine as a coal production unit, a price of £2 million was eventually agreed.")

   The second is The Isle of Eigg Community Buy-out, Scotland.

   ("Eiggs pioneering community buy-out ushered in land reform in Scotland, giving islanders control of their future for the first time. Among other achievements, Eigg has the first completely wind, water and sun-powered electricity grid in the world")

   Now I don't know wether that makes me a Socialist, Anarchist, Mutualist or Libertarian - but it seems like there is a way forward here Wink

Throw in Bitcoin and we are really cooking Cool