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DissidentRage wrote

This is the difficulty in trying to make sure people's needs are met in the meantime while trying to upend capitalism. We are in a unique position because, unlike fash and liberals, there is no serious establishment to help us. We are on our own. All the while, we still have to play by their rules to make it day-to-day. Co-ops are probably the best way to do it in lieu of a serious benefactor (which is another reason why the George Soros thing is just downright silly). The other option would be to just fuck off and form a collective off-grid, but most land is claimed by liberals who will, at best, charge fines and taxes for doing stuff off the books.

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mockingjanthony OP wrote

co-ops now, expropriation tomorrow, is my stance on this. co-ops are well and good but we cannot compete under capitalism, where capitalists form enterprises with a growth strategy, we need to form co-ops with an escelation strategy, we need to know how many years the co-op is forming, and then spend a couple years growing it, and then a couple years liquidating it into something else, keeping behind only the shell of whats needed to feed into the next level organizing.more or less leaving self sustaining movement infrastructures in our wake. we need printing, we need venues, we need housing, we need transportation and health care, can we form movement co-ops that provide these things to members, develop the personell and tools in our movement networks to help one another, while also sustaining broader resistance with dues and whatnot. we need to support one another economically, we need to develop communal networks, for support as well as resistance.

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