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1. neil 🍄 (neil@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 22-Jun-2018 03:04:18 EDT neil 🍄

   Cool, Shareable is working on a podcast called Disaster Collectivism. (As contrasted with disaster capitalism.)

   Definitely an interesting topic. I was posting about this a bit ago, in reference to Rebecca Solnit's book A Paradise Made In Hell.

   I'm looking forward to seeing how the podcast covers the topic.

   1. neil 🍄 (neil@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 22-Jun-2018 03:27:53 EDT neil 🍄

      in reply to

      "Our reporters will look into:

      - How disasters disproportionately impact the most vulnerable and what can be done to respond and rebuild in a just and equitable way

      - How communities can prevent "disaster capitalists" (those who seek to profit through rebuilding/recovery efforts) from preying on various populations in the aftermath of a crisis"

   2. neil 🍄 (neil@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 22-Jun-2018 03:07:50 EDT neil 🍄

      in reply to

      Slightly hesitant about the name. It's important to avoid inadvertently framing disaster as an 'opportunity' for anything. I feel like referencing disaster capitalism has that negative association. But I also see why you'd want to directly present counter examples to something so unpleasant.