--- Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >When I lived in Santa Cruz, CA
> >there was a credit union open to all residents of
> the
> >city.
>
>
> So everyone should move to Santa Cruz?
[WS:] Wrong. Santa Cruz. or rather its example,
should move to everyone.
>
> >Too many 'Muricans hope to make like bandits on
> >stox or selling their homes and do not give a shit
> >about alternative banking, savings or housing
> options.
> >
> >
> >Wojtek
>
>
> If real alternatives were offered people would be
> lining up around the block.
>
[WS:] And who exactly is going to offer those alternatives?
The very idea of cooperative (banking, housing, etc.) is self-help rather than being helped by an outside force. However, 'Muricans seem to prefer passive entertainment to doing it themselves. Case in point: Public Access TV http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-access_television which flopped big time due to the lack of interest, as people prefered to be spoon-fed by networks instead of doing TV themselves. Ditto for housing, banking or cooperatives. Perhaps this was a nation of self-made piooneers at one point in time - but that pioneering spirit is long dead. Passive swallowing raw whatever corporate suppliers dish out seems to be the norm today.
Wojtek
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