@cerement @richardwonka @pluralistic
And their more recent, expanded take on this, What if We Ran the Economy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW5EVNT--DA
#libraryeconomy #socialecology #commons #governance #solarpunk #andrewism #economicsystems #libraries #cooperation #economy #usufruct #sharing #libraryofeverything
#usufruct describes a freedom and property relation
basically:
- you can use things (and enjoy their products)
- but you do not have the right to destroy them / deny them for others
a usufructian system abolishes the twisted and socially useless right to destroy something that you ‘own’. you have acces to more stuff when you need it, while less stuff needs to be produced ...
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illustration by @the_lemonaut
"Can you imagine libraries of tools, clothing, and even housing? The library economy can be the bridge to an entirely new world of human flourishing. Let's explore what the library economy is, what may or may not be included, and what it might take to bring it to life."
How Library Economies Work
https://youtu.be/vW5EVNT--DA
#Andrewism #Anarchism #LibraryEconomy #Conviviality #Mutuality #Usufruct
If you are into it and want to learn more about #LibrarySocialism follow it up with their awesome trilogy on the basic concepts of their whole political idea.
Library Socialism & #Usufruct (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-usufruct-2019/
Library Socialism & The #IrreducibleMinimum (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-the-irreducible-minimum-2019/
Library Socialism & #Complementarity (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-complementarity-2019/
A better world is possible!
#podcast #prefiguration
Thinking about the distance between #usury - taking of unsustainable monetary interest, or perhaps any at all - and #usufruct - enjoying the fruits of ownership without the right to damage or destroy.
Prompted while #reading Poverty By America by Matthew Desmond, and also thinking of The Dawn of Everything by The Davids, who all highlight the way in which our society views usufruct rights as diminished or useless, to own something is instead to be able to destroy it.
Lineup shuffled around, #usufruct still anchored at 8 pm!
The latest episode of Srsly Wrong outlines two big ideas from Library Socialism: the universal library and the usufruct system.
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/unlocked-platforms-of-freedom-prefiguring-library-socialism/
Murray #Bookchin had was a radical ecologist, political thinker, and philosopher who had a pretty significant effect on my outlook. We don't idolize him or anyone; but i think his overall analysis of the ecological-social crisis and his vision of a society based on #usufruct #complementarity and the #irreducibleminimum is very worth reading.
his writing can be dense, so consider Janet Biehl's contribution: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/murray-bookchin-janet-biehl-the-murray-bookchin-reader
