True, relying on a single donor would make the strike too vulnerable to their influence, much like political parties

Well said. From my outsider perspective a general strike is ideal for the situation in the US rn. The benefits of a general strike are

1. you can force politicians to pass things they wpuldn’t have the initiative to pass themselves (like universal healthcare), as long as you have a manifesto that’s surgically precise (eg. with pre-prepared drafts of laws) and you refuse to cease until that manifesto has been passed as law verbatim.

2. it’s still fully constitutional. On paper, the politicians came up with these ideas and passed them out of their own volition.

3. the unity & platform created by a general strike would create very good conditions for a 3rd party to have an actual chance of winning seats.

All you need is some philanthropist who will create a massive strike fund.

Agreed, a truly enlightening article.

What’s happened? Have leaders gotten increasingly bad, or have voters become increasingly impatient/hard to please? ^(And we’re not talking about US specifics here bc it’s happening everywhere)

That’s a fascinating thought

Yep. But then I don’t get why there are efforts to make a realistic robotic human face.

(Edit: ok I do understand one reason – just as a challenge and to prove it’s possible, but I’m not sure that justifies doing it given the consequences)

You might like a book I’m reading rn that validates and discusses your fears in depth: This chapter (‘Information Technology and Democracy: a Widening Gulf’) is particularly relevant.

You might like the book https://plurality.net/ , especially chapter 2-2 The Life of a Digital Democracy

I agree, there’s so much land elsewhere. Even just beside the tracks would be better than between the tracks

This could potentially be made another EU Citizens Initiative.

I really like this concept! Does anyone know if something similar to this (or the second picture you showed) exists anywhere irl?

Reminds me of Minecraft

Anyone know of a map of repair cafes?

Yes! That’s precisely what this is from. Trying to outgovernment the government in order to get adopted by the government is such a clever idea and I hope this happens in more countries.

And we will build so much nucular that it will make a dent in our flat earth

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Another thing I wonder about is how to make sure this works globally. Anti-growth economic reforms might have at least a chance of passing in well-funcitoning democracies, but I don’t see how this could be made to happen in kleptocracies or a random African country.

Good night, I’m in Czechia so I should be asleep too rn lol. Also enjoy the sunrise :-)

Thank you for this eye opening post. I think I can describe my positions as market socialist. I haven’t yet formed an opinion on de-growth, but one thing I think we should definitely do is ban publicly traded companies (except for a few niche exceptions), as I feel that family ownership would put a natural limit on how much growth CEOs feel they need. Alternatively, income tax could be made to approach 100% as a person’s income approached infinity (to cause diminishing returns on growth), although this might have the side effect of making the state dangerously rich.

My pet opinion is that banning publicly traded companies would be a good start. Having companies be family owned would create a natural limit on how mich growth CEOs feel they need.