From 1cedf5110ed05be77b5e7c94548bc3e1b8d4cfce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Kuzminsky Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:22:31 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] economic overview: expand a bit on options for cutting ties with capitalism --- economic-overview-of-a-syndicalist-enclave.md | 23 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/economic-overview-of-a-syndicalist-enclave.md b/economic-overview-of-a-syndicalist-enclave.md index 0fb37f2..4efc3e6 100644 --- a/economic-overview-of-a-syndicalist-enclave.md +++ b/economic-overview-of-a-syndicalist-enclave.md @@ -119,12 +119,27 @@ Track your fucking budget. Count your vitamins. The revolution needs accountants. See where you're tied to capitalism. Focus on strengthening your independence by cutting those bonds: -* Find ways to produce what you need +1. Find ways to produce what you need. If you need an item, and the + default way of getting it is to buy it from an external supplier, try + to figure out what it would take to produce it internally. Maybe you'd + need tooling and raw materials (machine X and lower-level vitamins Y + and Z), plus the skill and time to use this new productive capacity. + While the initial capital outlay of buying the tooling might be + considerable, and climbing the learning curve might initially take + longer than just clicking "Buy Now" on JLCPCB or whatever, this + investment might make economic sense if it can be amortized over a + long productive life. The new productive capacity might serve the + enlave and aligned external sibling-enclaves. -* Acquire what you need by trading with your network instead of with the capitalist - superstructure +2. Acquire what you need by trading with your network instead of with the + capitalist superstructure. This is the flip side of option 1: maybe + some sibling-enclave has already taken on the task of internalizing + the relevant production, and now we can lean on them (while supporting + them) to satisfy our needs. -* Do without +3. Do without. This one is simple enough - but the goal is abundance, + not austerity. Material conditions will determine our actions, + and many goods are worthless. Be stingy by default. # Bootstrap