Mutual Aid

[resist_anywhere]

The other night I saw a documentary at Key Cinema: In Debt We Trust.  The movie was basically talking about the fact that people are being kept more and more isolated and enslaved by debt.  Credit is required to purchase anything of real value, property values are artificially inflated so that people can't pay their mortgages on time, and people

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[198735168461328]

Help me find my cat. :(

[erolyn_]

i'm short on cash and skillz, but willing to help.

[poopsmoothie]

Some people in Lawrence once tried to do something similar to that. It was called the Friendship Society or something like that, and it was founded on the principles of mutual aid and of formally socializing instead of just hanging out or seeing each other at meetings. They would have potlucks and board game nights and stuff, and collect money each time to help out if someone in the group were to have a medical emergency or something. Cool idea, but it never really got off the ground.
The same thing existed informally in Lawrence already, though--for the most part, if someone is in dire straits, everyone in the community pitches in and helps out.

[papacanfly]

Jesse, I think this is an awesome idea, and simple to implement, but I also see obstacles

[resist_anywhere]

I'd love to have that coffee. Sometime soon... maybe Tuesday? I have the day off (holy shit, first day off in three weeks). Also, I'm working the night you mentioned in that email a while back... please send my fondest regards, though.

[papacanfly]

well damn, i was hopin you could make it.

so, i can't meet up on tuesday because gwen, august, and i will be starting our move down to franklin....but!, if you feel so inclined, you could help us move. we are packing monday after we come back from the EF rondy. then tuesday we are finishing packing and taking long car rides down to franklin. we may rent a uhaul to see if we can get everything down there in one trip. anyways, just let me know if you want to. we'll reciprocate the favor however we can if so.

p.s. - is saying "rondy" in place of rendezvous the equivalent of saying "the rev" instead of revolution, or "fam" instead of family? just wondering.

[resist_anywhere]

I think it's a little like that. But worse. Yeah, give me a call Monday or Tuesday and I'd be more than happy to help you pack/move.

[go_go_manifesto]

your summary of the movie sounds much smarter than the movie itself