Comments on: Democratized public services as the new commons ? https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/democratized-public-services-as-the-new-commons/2014/07/10 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Sun, 20 Jul 2014 15:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.14 By: Michel Bauwens https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/democratized-public-services-as-the-new-commons/2014/07/10/comment-page-1#comment-814228 Sun, 20 Jul 2014 15:26:38 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=40049#comment-814228 Anne Betz writes:

I agree that different forms of collectivity have been in existence for a long time. However, I also think the few details about the difference between cooperatives and commons may be quite significant.
For examples cooperatives are still based on the notion of ownership whereas commons are based on the notion of stewardship.

James Quilligan in an interview about this question:
What is the difference between collectives and commons?

]]> By: Poor Richard https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/democratized-public-services-as-the-new-commons/2014/07/10/comment-page-1#comment-801772 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 15:35:02 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=40049#comment-801772 I agree with the need for more public participation in both ownership and governance of many industries and market sectors. But these are not “new forms of collectivity” except perhaps in a few details. Cooperatives and similar forms have been serving public interests in cases of exploitative monopolies and private market failures for centuries. We just need to elevate them and remove legal barriers that often bear the fingerprints of private lobbies.

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