My thought exactly!

It makes me happy that some people think this way. Now we need to work for it. Where do we start?

A huge scary revolution, I guess.

@@ecstaticpenguin768 Funny, I'm an engineering student working on exactly these problems. I will start with a mechanically automated machine shop, controlled by fluidic computers. Because the technology can be made in house, it will be possible to make larger automated machine tools and assembly machines at low cost. Thus profit will be high and the company should be competitive. Concurrently, all the technology required for a sustainable industrial society will be developed, modern steam engines, wind and solar. Sewage, water and electricity infrastructure. Cycling, and rail technology. Domestic and lighting tech. Agricultural machinery. That will require a lot of collaboration, but the previous works should inspire enough hope in my fellow engineers that enough will aid in the efforts. People from all fields and backgrounds must be involved in the design process, technology should serve society not the other way around. Finally, enough people, technology and profit will be accumulated to build the world's first industrially independent commune. It must be egalitarian and socialist in nature, with the wealth of society being shared out in a fair way. The residents of the commune would be almost entirely self sufficient and enjoy shorter working hours of creative and fulfilling projects. They would also be able to make products for sale at only material cost in their spare time. Thus the commune will become very wealthy and be able to duplicate itself. Again and again. Love and freedom will out compete the greed of capitalism at it's own game.

Even if it's just through sharing ideas.