Chuds now work for the people who's storehouses they burned and they personally attacked and blockaded. It's bad cause capitalism but it's also funny.

  • EnsignRedshirt [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I think indigenous ownership is a generally positive thing, or at least a more positive thing than the status quo, because it's at least a collective ownership structure that is meant to benefit indigenous communities and individual community members. In a world where unions have declined and worker ownership is still pretty nascent, it's cool to see the means of production being owned and controlled both locally and by communities. Indigenous people have the potential to go beyond the neoliberal status quo of constant privatization and concentration of wealth in their communities. They might end up just recreating the current dysfunctional model, but I'm seeing a lot more movement towards more sustainable and equitable community development.

    Capitalism is still bad, but community ownership and control of local resources isn't the worst thing. It's also worth noting that indigenous dev corps owning things is a different dynamic from simply having indigenous-identified individuals owning businesses. Merely having more indigenous entrepreneurs is obviously not going to help anyone. It's still capitalism, but it's not just another version of liberals being like "support PoC businesses because making individual consumption choices is the only way we know how to interact with the world."

    • Terminalfilth [they/them]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      I fully agree, I was having a hard time putting together an articulate rant so thanks for handling that!

      • EnsignRedshirt [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Thanks for posting the link. I live in BC and usually notice this stuff, but didn’t realize this was happening. Interesting stuff!