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Hi! I like FALC, particularly. I'm in South Africa. Do you think it will gain traction / work in the 3rd world? The prevailing view here is more to get people into employment. Can a 3rd world economy realistically try leapfrog the developed market stage and go straight for something like FALC?

No, not exactly. You probably can't get FALC to work there. However, universal basic income will work there, which would propel 3rd world countries forward and put them on the path to FALC in the future. You could go for the Abba Lerner style of socialism, with land and industry owned by the State and everyone getting a share of the profits as a National Dividend. It's the next best thing to FALC.

Love the concept of unemployment not as a disease but a profit of development. When young, I was a hard Kropotkin reader and love the idea of needing less and less work to cover the same amount of work, then started reading Bob Black, Seidman and Lafarge's right to lazyness. Even more, that doesn't mean society stalls, but starts pushing all the effort to creative improvements.

Lot's of very good thought here and some ideas are similar to my Four Pillars of The Global Commons Society....
I may be more of a pragmatist though as I don't ever see the elite capitalists ever giving up their privilege. In my scenario, there is a compromise where the capitalist's give up coercion and exploitation within housing, food, education, ​and healthcare​...A one house/hotel per person would be sufficient to survive the next century as long as a new education system (ecology) is put in place along side the Dividend/B.I.
One of the great ironies of the slave masters​ from a religious perspective is that work was a curse upon humanity....

Bastani is so annoying, but nice to see the idea summarized.