I’m trying to find ideas for what each reader of this question could do given a small loan that could re-“factory” there local economy.
I don’t have capital, but I think that some production canning equipment could be used in our local farms. I wonder if I can invest in that instead of an index fund.
And I have always wondered where all the little various size rubber grommets and stuff come from … like perhaps it would be interesting to start micro-factories with each just making one thing. Like drawing back manufacturing locally instead of waiting for mega-corps to do it.
I think asking this question is getting a list of stuff like that could be helpful to our various locales.
CNC machine+ skills+ network
Tons of companies outsource some if not all of their mechanical parts productions, either because it’s not their core business ( but they still need some custom parts made every so and on) or to manage production peaks without paying equipment/workers used 3 months a year
In my local area? Literally anything with an american flag, a thin blue line flag, or Donald Trump’s fat fucking face. The business owners and operators around here wouldn’t buy something that actually would help their business, so having a smart idea would go to waste.
I really appreciate all the answers.
I know that none of it makes perfect financial rational sense to try to create a new industrialization on a local scale at first. But I believe that as global systems rewire themselves with this new world that we can become more resilient by doing things that might not be 100% rational.
If I may quote poet Marge Piercy
The will to be totally rational
is the will to be made out of glass and steel:
and to use others as if they were glass and steel.sometimes irrational is better; better to not treat each other as resources; we can build us.
Organic produce. High-fat soap.
Tyler sold his soap to department stores for $20 a bar. Lord knows what they charged. It was beautiful. We were selling rich women their own fat asses back to them
With the right organic produce, that won’t be necessary. 😅
The company I work for has a massive revenue footprint by attaching fittings into hoses. Different size houses need different size and angle fittings and buying bulk hose and fitting then custom making the parts is very lucrative.
How big is the facility if you don’t mind me asking ?
It’s varies. Some are single store operations and some are large enough to be their own company
Abstract terms.
The marketing and philosophy industry is producing so many of them. If I would invest my time in abstract terms, then I surely could convince local customers quite a lot, thus developing the local economy. After a few years, maybe I could find out what the hell we are even talking about.
The retro encapulator
