Everyday Socialism

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Post about ways co-op structures and public ownership benefit communities by sharing pictures of everyday socialism, linking articles and resources, sharing information on communally owned assets and businesses, promoting local socialist groups, discussions on groundswell socialism, or ask for advice.

Examples: Public parks, employee-owned businesses, free stores, community pantries, little free libraries, discuss profit sharing in a cooperative, ask about setting up an anarchist business model, etc.

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Basic Income in Canada is closer than you think (rabble.ca)

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Like many social assistance policies, opposition to guaranteed income is driven by a deep-seated fear of fraud — of “freeloaders” benefiting from the taxes of hard-working, morally upright citizens. Our collective delusion that we live in a meritocracy is operationalized into a punitive framework that rationalizes who deserves help and who does not.

As a result, we spend enormous administrative effort policing eligibility, while leaving many people without adequate help. Poverty persists not because we lack resources, but because we mistrust the people who need them.

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