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www-thenation-com-9477		To Find Alternatives to Capitalism, Think Small | The Nation			.html	text/html	3627	249	57	As usual, however, the quest to recapture power is focused on tactical concerns and political optics, and not on the need for the deeper conversation that the 2016 election should have provoked us to have: How can we overcome the structural pathologies of our rigged economy and toxic political culture, and galvanize new movements capable of building functional alternatives?1 A variety of experimental projects, innovative organizations, and social movements are developing new types of local provisioning and self-governance systems. These sorts of local and regional experiments not only advance effective structural solutions at a time when national politics is dysfunctional; they also provide meaningful ways for ordinary people to become agents of change themselves.14 One of the most notable new forms may be the platform cooperative, a socially constructive alternative to Silicon Valley start-ups, which famously like to "move fast and break things." Gig-economy companies rely on heaps of capital, proprietary algorithms, and political muscle to control new markets that leapfrog over government standards for public safety, fair labor, and consumer protection.	./cache/www-thenation-com-9477.html	./txt/www-thenation-com-9477.txt