@jankoekepan @HTHR I think the answer to the locality problem is something like a "Platform Cooperative" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_cooperative
Seems to be working out pretty good so far over at https://social.coop/ tho this kind of thing lends itself better toward digital services due to it being easier to bootstrap bits vs IRL operations.
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