Well, ideally, the store would be a co-op, where everyone shares the wealth. Maybe even the customers can join for a modest fee (see: Alberta Co-Op stores, and UFA.)
The downside is, everyone also shares in costs and failure as well.
If you look at the Hutterite colonies, they're pretty much communistic within their colonies, but they're certainly cutthroat capitalists when dealing with outsiders.
As always, it's likely not an "either-or" situation, sometimes a mixed approach works, too, rather than running from one extreme to the other.
(Of course, they don't let their colonies become too big and unweildy, either, they'll cleave off a new colony when they get too many people. They tend to control a lot of land, btw.)
I used to go to a breakfast restaurant in Seattle that put out a big thermos of coffee and ceramic mugs for people to drink while waiting to be seated, the idea being that you'd order and pay for the coffee once you were seated. Then the homeless started drinking the coffee and taking the mugs, so they started putting out paper cups instead of the ceramic ones. Wasn't as nice but OK. But the homeless kept drinking the coffee, and over time they stopped refilling the thermos as much. Eventually they just stopped putting it out.
High trust societies are a rare and precious jewel, and these people want them without realizing the costs required to maintain them.
My heart rings hollow that it has never truly known a high trust society. I hope that those who come after me will be able to enjoy the fruits of today's work to correct that.
So... Don't pay for product or service?
Charitable interpretation : They would aim at paying "equitable" salaries to the workers rather than pumping as much cash as possible to the owner.
Less braindead consideration : exchanging services and goods for money is capitalism, so what are they smoking.
Well, ideally, the store would be a co-op, where everyone shares the wealth. Maybe even the customers can join for a modest fee (see: Alberta Co-Op stores, and UFA.)
The downside is, everyone also shares in costs and failure as well.
Commie: I hate capitalism! I'm going to start a co-op where the employees share ownership.
Capitalism: Okay then, that was always allowed.
The only thing stopping these people is time, effort, and skill.
So in essence everything.
Well, that's the thing.
If you look at the Hutterite colonies, they're pretty much communistic within their colonies, but they're certainly cutthroat capitalists when dealing with outsiders.
As always, it's likely not an "either-or" situation, sometimes a mixed approach works, too, rather than running from one extreme to the other.
(Of course, they don't let their colonies become too big and unweildy, either, they'll cleave off a new colony when they get too many people. They tend to control a lot of land, btw.)
Not a shitload of capital involved in a coffee shop. It's a service business. I don't think charging for services makes the whole endeavor capitalist.
There's nothing there I'd want.
Seriously? Who wouldn't want a tote bag that says "consent. consent. consent. consent." in elegant red on white? Or my favorite,
In powerful Black lettering, followed by
in standoffish hollow white. I don't know what the fuck it means but everyone who is anyone needs one of those in their life.
They Live: The Store
i'd want to leave
Pretty sure I read an article a while back where they sold "pay what you can coffee".
I used to go to a breakfast restaurant in Seattle that put out a big thermos of coffee and ceramic mugs for people to drink while waiting to be seated, the idea being that you'd order and pay for the coffee once you were seated. Then the homeless started drinking the coffee and taking the mugs, so they started putting out paper cups instead of the ceramic ones. Wasn't as nice but OK. But the homeless kept drinking the coffee, and over time they stopped refilling the thermos as much. Eventually they just stopped putting it out.
High trust societies are a rare and precious jewel, and these people want them without realizing the costs required to maintain them.
My heart rings hollow that it has never truly known a high trust society. I hope that those who come after me will be able to enjoy the fruits of today's work to correct that.
bums ruin everything
Yes, one of the costs is to clean up the bums.
Sounds like a revival of Abbie Hoffman's "Free Stores".