How is the WPA set up and funded? Is it a 501(c)(3) non-profit?
Garda: "It is funded almost entirely by myself, for the simple reason that I keep forgetting to ask for donations on the site, as I get so engrossed in the news articles I am posting. I love studying and learning more than anything else. WPA is in the process of becoming a 501(c) (3) non-profit. Hopefully, that paperwork will be completed by the end of this year."
It appears that the economic model that Prout espouses is more compassionate and humanitarian than the current US system of capitalism and its close cousin, fascism, whereby big business interests – and not what's best for the citizens - currently affects government decisions. That being said, how do most Americans who you've come into contact with so far react to the Prout economic model?
Garda: "I don't really go out of my way to talk about Prout to people, aside from to my thesis adviser. I talk about the principles it embodies. For example, I try to talk about cooperatives. A lot of people don't even know what a cooperative is. Some people think it is related to communism. Of course, there is no connection between the two. In communism, the people own nothing and all business profits are turned over to the government or, rather, to a bureaucratic elite.
In contrast, the bedrock of a Prout economy is cooperatives, which means, local people control their own economies. The majority of businesses in a town will be set up, owned and controlled by local people in a collective manner. All workers are also owners. Collective decisions are made. So we would be moving from a scenario of subordinated cooperation (boss - employee) to coordinated cooperation (worker/owner - worker/owner).
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