Does anyone know of any historical efforts to do Usufruct (like libraries of things), but disguised as a private business with suspiciously low prices?
For example, a tool library, but it appears as a tool rental business, though only runs on a very low subscription to break even with maintenance, and "incidentally" (by enforced design) makes no profit while having a horizontal ownership structure.
I was inspired by the srslywrong episode about usufruct, and know a lot of my (red state) neighbors would actually love the concept, but are brainwashed to avoid things with certain terms attached. It might be a good gateway to get to some people who already agree on what some of life's problems are, but are brainwashed to avoid certain solutions.
