Capitalism is not our only alternative.
#Capitalism #IndustrialAge
#EnclosureOfTheCommons
#Austerity #ToxicIndividualism

m.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_d...

#fences #EnclosureOfTheCommons

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www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/08/fbi-honors...

> The caption on the FBI award photo said they responded to a “violent extremist militia group’s armed takeover” of the refuge and […]

When We Get Komooted Following the sale of Komoot to private equity, Josh Meissner explores the broken relationship between corporate capital and our communities...

This is a beautiful essay on #Capitalism, #enshittification, and the #EnclosureOfTheCommons (information commons, commons of community); and the use of open, public tools like @openstreetmap to counter that enclosure.

Strongly recommended!

https://bikepacking.com/plog/when-we-get-komooted/

Photo of duck pond with text over reading: “. . . if somebody steals from the commons and from the future, it’s seen as entrepreneurial activity and the state cheers and gives them tax concessions" from Ursula Franklin, 1990, The Real World of Technology

“. . . if somebody steals from the commons and from the future, it’s seen as entrepreneurial activity and the state cheers and gives them tax concessions....” —Ursula Franklin, The Real World of Technology, 1990. #quote #environment #biosphere #water #soil #nature #enclosureofthecommons