u/NoAnt6694

As we are all probably aware of, our biggest obstacle to engaging in economic noncooperation at the moment is the fact that sadly, many of us sadly don’t have relationships with our local communities needed to really move beyond marching,

That we’ve sadly becoming a country of strangers isolated to our screens, not even knowing who most of our neighbors are,

But thankfully, I have recently discovered a quick and easy way to start building that community at the neighborhood level that like literally anyone can do, that not only fosters community building, and builds that deep trust needed for sustained nonviolent resistance,

But also naturally Segways itself into the infrastructure needed for economic noncooperation,

That being, starting a mutual aid hub on your front yard, or in other words, just start a free lemonade stand or snack bar on your front yard.

This works wonders for not only starting those face to face interactions with your neighbors needed to foster mutual trust and human connections needed to effectively start organized boycotts,

But also naturally helps any of your neighbors currently struggling with poverty, by giving out free drinks and lemonade to everyone, helping to feed your neighbors and their families,

And best of all, it is something basically anyone can do, because it’s literally something you can start on your front yard, and as well all know, even kids in first grade can start and run lemonade stands, meaning it is a form of community building easily accessible to everyone, including even children, making it a seemingly ideal form of community building and mutual aid.

As you can see in the image above, I myself started doing this on my front lawn, and I can tell you, it has worked wonders, with me in just a week, meeting many of my neighbors I never met before,

Turning strangers into people I all know on a first name basis, and who I have had positive interactions with,

All just using a hobby literally adopted from childhood,

So, with that all said, I call to action that we all start opening our own free snack bars and free lemonade stands infront of our homes, and start meeting our neighbors by doing so,

So without any further a due, let’s get to it.

In 1970, Harlan Ellison and Ben Bova co-wrote a short story called "Brillo", about a veteran street cop who gets partnered with an experimental robotic police officer (metal fuzz, get it?). They pitched an idea for a TV series based on it to Paramount Television, but were turned down by producer Terry Keegan. But in 1977, a show with a very similar presence titled *Future Cop* began airing on ABC, prompting Ellison and Bova to sue the ABC-TV, Paramount Television and Keegan for plagiarism. The lawsuit was settled in 1980, awarding Ellison and Bova over 300 grand in damages; Ellison used his share of the winnings to pay for a billboard in Los Angeles telling writers that they didn't have to just sit there and take it when they were ripped off.