I really want to start a mutual aid service where I give people free tech, like Google Pixels pre-loaded with GrapheneOS, but I haven’t seen many examples of how mutual aid works with expensive stuff. Does anyone have any ideas of how to equitably distribute such phones?
Or really anything in high demand, e.g. drugs
There are various routes, the preffered is growing and creating the food, drugs or produce in the community because that doesn’t support big businesses and needs less funds but you could also buy from smaller businesses if you have the funds. If people in the community already make or grow these things and are willing to contribute to mutual aid then that is a bonus, so basically just ask if anyone has enough of that thing to contribute it to the community.
Here is a link to a video that could help or is at least interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlF-ZvRHa2o
Also on a side note the idea of using grapheneOS is great and I know it only works on a pixel but that sort of phone is not good for the environment and also quite expensive, possibly consider other brands such as fairphone or second hand.
I know Fairphone is great, and I try to tend towards ethical consumption (even when there is no ethical consumption under capitalism, practices like veganism is necessary), but I’m concerned about the privacy and security of Fairphone. GrapheneOS is considered by the privacy/security communities I hang out in to be the solution for a private phone that is also secure. I just don’t know, I totally understand, and it’s a tricky ethical dilemma for me.
I agree it is difficult to balance security and privacy with being ethical. Thanks capitalism /s
Drugs like shrooms are laughably easy to produce at home, but others like morphine based ones are pretty hard to make I’d imagine