I’ve run mutual aid cooperatives and whatever you try to do will be overrun by private equity and your market will be closed and the people who show up will be flighty and noncommittal

I currently am ED for a non-profit that I will not allow to be used for profit making - almost 100% of the people who ask to volunteer or show up do it for their own promotion or to jumpstart their product it’s maddening the number of times I have to say no.

I am the founder of the 150,000 person ultramarathon subreddit and I’ve only found two (2) moderators in the last 15 years that aren’t trying to promote something for money.

There are no organizations that escape this because at the root level you can’t find more than a literal handful of people who aren’t in it for the money - even if thats not their direct reason it’s usually a secondary reason

Even “monks” go out and write books and buy fancy cars

There doesn’t exist in my daily survey of social organizations ANY, and I mean there isn’t any single organization, that does what it says it does without trying to make a profit in some way.

… yeah

> Even “monks” go out and write books and buy fancy cars

You are a bitter, cynical edge lord that only sees the worst in the best people. Ironically, I’ll bet you think you’re the most rational observer you know.

How you are describing the world you see says a lot more about the way you see than it says about the world. Later.