Won't somebody think of the shareholders?
this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2025
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I think of them all the time.
I think of how they should disappear from the earth.
It's mainly individualism that makes them unable to imagine a less wasteful world i think. Even without capitalism many individualist westerners struggle to imagine a more communal society. It's just so foreign to them.
For example something simple like clothing. It's common in the US for people to own tons of clothes they barely ever wear. Then they need space to store all those clothes, and usually dont bother to repair them, or take care of them properly so they don't last as long. If instead you had communal areas. Where there were tons of clothes curated and taken care of by professional cleaners and weavers. People could go to them, and pick some stuff out. Keep maybe 7-10 outifts at home, and just switch stuff out with the communal clothing pool when needed. The clothes would last longer, and you'd have a larger functional pool of options if you wanted to try something new, and overall the community would use way less fabric to maintain their outfits.
But a lot of westerners look at something like that and think "ew i have to share clothes with other people?" and entirely ignore the upsides.
Same with things like every home having its own full kitchen vs just having communal kitchens with maybe a hot plate, microwave, and rice cooker at home for snacking. And having meals like breakfast/lunch/dinner made for the whole community and eaten together in a communal eating area. It's not even just resources that are done better with this. Like imagine how easy it would be to have a nutritionally balanced diet if you had community meal planning. And the effects on community health that would have. And how much it would help people with disablilites who stuggle to make meals for themselves. Or even how it could help elderly people who have retired stay connected to their communities, and even give them something to do if they want to come help out with meals. Most grandmas i know would thrive in a place like that. Getting to have meals with everyone, and show off the recipes they learned over the years would enrich their lives a ton.
This stuff isn't like a new idea either. It's how many towns and villages functioned for centuries. It works. It just doesn't maximize profits.