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Sticking together
Sep. 30th, 2008 06:01 pmI admit, I'm not too worried about the potential economic doomsday we're facing. I've only a small student loan, I rent, and I have no credit cards. I live frugally. I do worry about our wonderful landlord losing the house, or my work (a small business) going under. My bank's already crashed, but I'm still alive. I'm thinking of moving to the credit union.
Here's a quote from a post by Douglas Rushkoff over on Boing Boing.
"Whatever the case, the best thing you can do to protect yourself and your interests is to make friends. The more we are willing to do for each other on our own terms and for compensation that doesn’t necessarily involve the until-recently-almighty dollar, the less vulnerable we are to the movements of markets that, quite frankly, have nothing to do with us....
Think small. Buy local. Make friends. Print money. Grow food. Teach children. Learn nutrition. And if you do have money to invest, put it into whatever lets you and your friends do those things."
It's kind of idealistic, but I do love the idea of a small, locally based economy. I guess I do have some skills I could trade for stuff (design...drawing...I give a mean massage, I'm told.)
I'm very attached to the little platonic family I've gathered to myself. We've been helping each other for a while now. (Yay, rice cooker!) One of these days, I'll finally print out the house money, and we'll have the Nightmare House Microeconomy.
Just me babbling.
Here's a quote from a post by Douglas Rushkoff over on Boing Boing.
"Whatever the case, the best thing you can do to protect yourself and your interests is to make friends. The more we are willing to do for each other on our own terms and for compensation that doesn’t necessarily involve the until-recently-almighty dollar, the less vulnerable we are to the movements of markets that, quite frankly, have nothing to do with us....
Think small. Buy local. Make friends. Print money. Grow food. Teach children. Learn nutrition. And if you do have money to invest, put it into whatever lets you and your friends do those things."
It's kind of idealistic, but I do love the idea of a small, locally based economy. I guess I do have some skills I could trade for stuff (design...drawing...I give a mean massage, I'm told.)
I'm very attached to the little platonic family I've gathered to myself. We've been helping each other for a while now. (Yay, rice cooker!) One of these days, I'll finally print out the house money, and we'll have the Nightmare House Microeconomy.
Just me babbling.
