21 May 2010

pay what you want - social-ism

Another pay-as-you-go concept

The skeptic/realist in me says this could never succeed. The tiny part of me that reaches for the stars wants it to be possible. But the concept has tried in the past, in fairly progressive cities like Portland, Denver and Austin. I hope it does work. I hope it's possible that such a thing could work. Some capitalists would argue it's a step backward, that it's literal free trade, that best case scenario would be breaking even. But those capitalist arguments - while likely not untrue - are not the big picture. Doing good. Simple, forgotten concept - it's called doing good.