LDS Cooperative "one heart and one mind...with no poor among us"

Most of the participants and readers of LDSCooperative, I’m guessing, are not currently living in cooperatives or dominantly socialist states. Personally, I live in the United Kingdom, a nation that is perhaps one of the closest to America in capitalist culture, despite powerful socialist innovations, such as the National Health Service. We’re used to capitalism – it’s what we’ve grown up with. It’s what we know. If your story is anything like mine, you’ve come across socialist principles through conversations with friends, or in your studies. It instantly makes sense to you. You think: ‘that’s what I believe!’ You wonder: ‘Why aren’t we living this way?’

On the topic of cooperativism, one film that I always recommend to people is “The Take.” Produced and written by extraordinary author Naomi Klein, it is a visual response to the pro-corporate globalization gurus that have criticized “anti-globalization” activists for their lack of alternatives to the current system.