What goods or services are being provided with an impressive amount of independence from the monetary economy? (lemmy.ca)

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[-] naught101@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Libraries

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's the answer. People forget how weird they are because they're just everywhere (at least in regions like mine).

[-] Toes@ani.social 4 points 1 week ago

Lemmy 🌞

[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Sitting on a lawn and listening to the birds

[-] fubarx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Golden Temple feeding 100K people a day: https://youtu.be/i9Iw3mTJueQ

[-] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Javascript frameworks

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Childcare & cooking.

[-] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Memes

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

I don't buy clothes I don't buy furniture I don't buy baked goods. I don't donate old clothes I don't sell old furniture I don't throw away extra produce. Mutual aid societies and gift economy FTW.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

Okay, you can't just leave it there. Are you spinning and weaving your own textiles? Where does this stuff come from?

[-] phoenixarise@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Sitting and watching a nice bonfire

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Just make sure you level the right stats.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 week ago

legalized cannabis

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Wut? In what way is that not part of the monetary economy?

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