The idea is that you provide a service or good to your fellow working class community members and in turn, they too can give back to you, an endless cycle of not necessarily trade or even bartering, but rather a gift economy, often found within various socialist ideologies, specifically types of anarchism.
Community bonds, even little things like community book nooks/libraries, community fridges, or community closets, will always build stronger social bonds than fear and coerced authority.
Andas the screenshot below notes from our police abolition basics guide, crime relates directly to poverty and a lack of access to resources, so in a way, mutual aid also acts a truly productive form of harm reduction as well.
So yes, let’s build a better future together. Let’s build book nooks. Let’s reinforce mutual aid. Let’s love each other.
So yes, a world built on love and community and chosen family is possible.
