The homespun movement was started in 1767 by Quakers in Boston, Massachusetts, to encourage the purchase of goods, especially apparel, manufactured in the American Colonies. The movement was created in response to the British Townshend Acts of 1767 and 1768, in the early stages of the American Revolution.

-- https://www.timesmojo.com/what-was-the-homespun-movement-in-india/

Its amazing that in the 1700s people realized they could resist oppression by introducing more self reliance and community solidarity, but today, making things that we all need without corporate middlemen seems impossible.

Maybe it's time we consider what the true cost of the goods we consume are, and how we can collectively make a difference.

Yeah, just looking at the tech side of this, I suppose that you could get a Linux phone from some start up company and be completely disconnected from all the services everyone else uses, but in terms of price and availability, that's for hipsters and enthusiasts, not the average Joe on a working class wage.

Until someone is able to mass produce basic Linux touchscreen phones with something comparable to WhatsApp and all the other social apps and shit, nothing is going to take down Google Android. And having a pricey, concept Linux phone will always be a hobbyist thing because everyone else is using a different messenger app.

The problem is that all of these companies own the market on the cheap crap that their wage slaves can afford. Buying local or going out of your way to support the smaller companies is fucking expensive.

I don't know what will change things now short of a total revolution.

Sounds like you are catching on to their plan.

Do you wanna invent an arc reactor?

Because that is how you invent an arc reactor!

Please elaborate why.