Economy of the commons

A solarpunk “economy of the commons” would dispense with both profiteering corporations and statist central planning in favor of worker-run cooperatives, collaborative exchange networks, common pool resources, and control of investment by local communities. The aim of the economy would be reoriented from production-for-exchange and industrial “growth” to production-for-use and increasing the bio-psycho-social well-being of people and planet. Production would be moved as close as is possible to the point of consumption, with the long term aim being a relative self-sufficiency in goods and manufacturing. Decentralist forms of eco-technology would be used to help make work more participatory and enjoyable – “artisan-ising” the productive process itself – as well as automate away dull, dirty, and dangerous forms of work wherever possible. After realizing an appropriate degree of post-scarcity, local self-sufficiency, and labor automation, it may even be feasible to abolish money as an unneeded nuisance in the allocation of resources. From ‘What is Solarpunk?’ by Connor Owens. Arwork was created in https://artbreeder.com Artbreeder app was created by Joel Simon https://www.joelsimon.net