"I owe my soul to the company store" = #debtbondage / #Scrip system paid with non-transferable credit vouchers for goods sold at the company store; workers had no cash savings. Struggling in company-owned dormitories & houses, rent was automatically deducted from pay. Debt bondage persisted until the #strikes of the newly formed United Mine Workers and affiliated #unions forced an end to such practices.

16 Tons (about)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Tons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjevsnCRQ_A&list=RDfjevsnCRQ_A&start_radio=1

#Capitalism

“I owe my soul to the Company store.”
16 tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford

How the Coal Companies Impoverished Harlan County
https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1901

16 Tons (1956)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1980WfKC0o

#BooksOfMastodon #Capitalism #FossilFuels #HarlanCounty #LabourMovement #organize
#Scrip

Happy TRC day in Canada!!! Please learn about an Indigenous culture near you and how you can help the reconciliation process today. Here is a great website about the Metis which has a great section on "Métis Scrip". Do you know what scrip was and who it was given to? Click the link below to begin your learning journey!

https://tilixam.com/

#trc #orangeshirt #orangeshirtday #reconciliation #michif #metis #scrip #land #chinuk #chinook #indigenous

🎬 La filosofia di #DavidLynch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvqDcdBctMI

#scrip #cinema #filosofia #psicologia #surrealismo #sogno #inconscio #frammentazione #Male

It's payday, being the end of the month, and I'm one of those lucky playwrights who tends to get paid some money each and every month.
But each time I do, I think I should be doing more to promote my plays. The thing is, I HATE promo stuff. I'm bad at it, and I know I don't like it in my feed, particularly. (Though there are exceptions - odd.)
What do you think? Should I post promo pieces for my plays?
#theatre #theater #scrip

@gmate8 @1disk not to mention #Roblox demands 75,5% take - before #taxes - and also violates laws by paying only in #scrip money aka. #Robux and not cashing out directly...
https://youtu.be/_gXlauRB1EQ?t=69
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrip

Capitol Hill Babysitting Co-op

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_Babysitting_Co-op

#economy #currency #recession #krugman #capitolhill #scrip #allegory

Technological innovation is fueling the resurgence of community currencies

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2021/03/technological-innovation-fueling-community-currencies-adriano.htm

“Local currencies can provide a testing ground for these [central bank digital currency] initiatives.”

"With new technologies and the hard work and vision of social entrepreneurs and economists, alternative currencies might find their way into the mainstream."

PDF:
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2021/03/pdf/technological-innovation-fueling-community-currencies-adriano.pdf

#IMF #CommunityInclusionCurrency #CIC #Scrip #CommunityCurrency #LocalCurrency #CBDC #Sarafu #Kenya #IMF