A healthy economy doesn't break if one big conglomerate goes down, for whatever reason.
Our economy is not healthy, but it could be. Local and Regional producers are the key to a sustainable future, not relying on exploitative food and goods shipped halfway around the world.
The caveat is that sweatshop conditions cannot be tolerated. It only works with living wages and reasonable incomes.
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-06-23/commoning-diversity-and-small-scale-manufacturing/
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![Commoning, diversity and small-scale manufacturing
By Zoe Gilbertson, originally published by Liflad Thoughts
June 23, 2025
A healthy ecosystem is diverse and small-scale manufacturing systems have the potential to contain much more diversity than industrial levels of production. I use bread and linen - basic daily items of food and textiles to illustrate this position.
Teaser image credit: Bread and linen: Monika Grabkowska via Unsplash.
"Diversity in production will not ‘make us money’..."
[A decent living for everyone involved is the goal, not any small group getting rich.]](https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/114/733/339/006/146/399/original/d8a66e43011def11.png)