Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: economic crisis

[David Heimann (heimann]

Hi Gerald,

	Let's change that last paragraph of yours slightly (the "I" in 
that sentence can refer to me if you'd like):

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     In an individualistic society like ours, groups have an advantage, 
from street gangs up to the largest corporations.One of the many fantasies 
I have about a movement like cohousing is that, once it gets big enough, 
we can start creating our own industries, employing our own people, 
engaging in inter-community trade, with our own banking system and our own 
money. This may help cushion us from what is to follow.
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Thanks,
David Heimann
JP Cohousing


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Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:31:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Gerald Manata <gmanata2003 [at] yahoo.com>
Subject: [C-L]_ economic crisis
To: cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org
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     The current economic meltdown is not going to be just another 
recession, part of the business cycle. The economic system has been on a 
slow, steady downturn for the last 35 years, with Wall Street and the 
government using a number of tricks in the last ten years, of which the 
$700 billion dollar bailout is only the latest, to prolong the inevitable. 
The years ahead are going to be painful and long

     Unfortunately, cohousing is not ready for it.

     In an individualistic society like ours, groups have an advantage, 
from street gangs up to the largest corporations.One of the many fantasies 
I had about a movement like cohousing was that, once it got big enough, we 
could start creating our own industries, employing our own people, 
engaging in inter-community trade, with our own banking system and our own 
money. This may have helped cushion us from what is to follow.