Because
The Co-Operative Lyrics

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耳から無数の花が生えた
純白に咲く髑髏の花よ

まともに返事もできないから
わたしを放っておいて欲しいの今は、

花が開く程に意識鋭く透けるわ

酔って舞って芽吹いて望んで描いて吐いて
苦患の救毒にくらくらら
酔って舞って芽吹いて望んで描いて吐いて
今週病欠のため全部キャンセル

眼球からも無数の花が生えた
純白に咲くどこやかしこもたわわに

花が開く程に渇きも増していくわ

酔って舞って芽吹いて望んで描いて吐いて
苦患の救毒にくらくらら
酔って舞って芽吹いて望んで描いて吐いて
膜越し花格子越しディレイがディレイ
酔って舞って芽吹いて望んで描いて吐いて
喰らった件の恋管に込めて
酔って舞って芽吹いて望んで描いて吐いて
今夜巣立つ髑髏の戯曲

数えましょ数えましょ
自分の中の自分を
覗きましょ覗きましょ
新しい虹彩の法則
祈りましょ祈りましょ
純白でいられるように

契りましょ契りましょ
春が永遠になるように

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to The Co-Operative's song "Because" depict a mysterious and introspective exploration of the self. The opening lines, "Ears sprout countless flowers / Skull flowers blooming in pure white," create a vivid image of flowers growing from one's ears, symbolizing a heightened sensitivity or perception. The following lines, "Because I can't even give a proper response / I want you to leave me alone for now," suggest a desire for solitude and introspection due to feeling overwhelmed or unable to adequately communicate.

As the flowers continue to bloom, the singer's consciousness becomes sharper and more translucent. This could imply a deepening self-awareness or understanding of their emotions and inner thoughts. The repetition of the phrase "drunk, dancing, budding, longing, painting, spitting," suggests a cyclical process of self-expression and release. The lyrics further touch upon the themes of suffering and finding relief, as well as the constriction and delay caused by external and internal barriers. The final lines speak of the desire for eternal spring, representing a longing for renewal and a perpetual state of purity.

Overall, "Because" delves into the complexities of self-exploration and the longing for understanding, solitude, and inner peace. The imagery of flowers and the repetition of actions convey a sense of personal growth and expression, while also alluding to struggles and desires for a deeper connection with oneself.

Line by Line Meaning

耳から無数の花が生えた
Countless flowers grew from my ears

純白に咲く髑髏の花よ
Skull flowers bloom pure white

まともに返事もできないから
Because I can't even respond properly

わたしを放っておいて欲しいの今は、
I want to be left alone for now

花が開く程に意識鋭く透けるわ
As the flowers bloom, my consciousness sharpens and becomes transparent

酔って舞って芽吹いて望んで描いて吐いて
Drunk, dancing, budding, longing, drawing, and vomiting

苦患の救毒にくらくらら
Swirling in the antidote to suffering

今週病欠のため全部キャンセル
The entire week is canceled due to sickness

眼球からも無数の花が生えた
Countless flowers grew from my eyeballs

純白に咲くどこやかしこもたわわに
Everywhere the skull flowers bloom pure white and abundant

花が開く程に渇きも増していくわ
As the flowers bloom, my thirst increases

膜越し花格子越しディレイがディレイ
The membrane, the flower lattice, the delay delays

喰らった件の恋管に込めて
Encased in the love pipeline I devoured

今夜巣立つ髑髏の戯曲
Tonight, the skull's drama takes flight

数えましょ数えましょ
Let's count, let's count

自分の中の自分を
The self within oneself

覗きましょ覗きましょ
Let's peek, let's peek

新しい虹彩の法則
The new law of irises

祈りましょ祈りましょ
Let's pray, let's pray

純白でいられるように
To remain pure white

契りましょ契りましょ
Let's make a vow, let's make a vow

春が永遠になるように
So that spring becomes eternal

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Written by: Miku Nakamura

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Comments from YouTube:

Sydney Humanism Group

38w

That's amazing! Melanie's journey is truly inspiring and showcases the power of whole foods for one's health. Exploring the cooperative business model is a fantastic way to empower the community and promote sustainable food practices.

Roxanna Reaves

4y↑33

As a prospective small business owner, I am looking into how to apply the co-op model to businesses outside of the typical grocery store. I would love to see more examples of how this can be applied to a wide variety of small businesses in different industries.

Nelson Galvan

4y↑1

Have you found more info or resources?

ragnar danneskjold

I'm sure a venture capitalist will have the money to hel... Ah..er...

Ster

4y↑9

@ragnar danneskjold Well good riddance to them. They only intend to steal ownership of the company off the workers who do the work and the customers who fund the business. Why should they get a say, and a share of the profit?

vivek kumar

4y↑4

In india LIJJAT PAPAD is successful cooperative for decades and selling international also just by women mostly of rural area

Ashish

3y↑1

@vivek kumar amul also na

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Green Peacemst

3y↑7

So glad to find someone else who links all these things and interrelates them. A former member of a NYC food co-op here, and I recommend Will Greider´s The Soul of Capitalism and Marj Kelly´s Divine Right of Capital. Michael Moore´s film Capitalism was amazing. Not for profits like Greenpeace and Oxfam are also good angles.

Dan

1y↑1

Any thoughts on the best way to find people to start a worker co-op? And especially how to vet people? My concerns are power grabs & in-fighting (e.g. cliques forming, destructive ways of discussing, etc), very different vision (e.g. steering away from ethical, sustainable vision), handling turnover of members. I have these concerns as I'm just a group of one person at the moment and am interested to start a worker co-op for something in engineering or tech, a space that seems to have a lot of competitive type working models which people may be overly used to...

In general, I'm struggling to find good resources to handle these nuts & bolts type questions... Any suggestions would be helpful

Bettyann Villasenor

4y↑13

Excellent presentation, after experiencing the affects of this economic downfall of covid19 such as not being eligible for unemployment compensation after losing my job at the fitness club, just getting by with my pt job as a cashier hence my falling behind on debt payments just like the majority of others, a co-op is the answer!

Roxanna Reaves

4y↑4

I would agree! The economic downfall of covid19 absolutely highlights the need to look at alternative economies than are more community-oriented and sustainable.

Nelson Galvan

Have you progressed?

Bettyann Villasenor

4y↑2

@Nelson Galvan getting there, the future is looking good, and it started with optimism and faith... Stay tuned 😉

Nelson Galvan

@Bettyann Villasenor I'll check up on you. Good luck.

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Abby World

Thank you for being the source of inspiration to build people..

Tim Mathern

6y↑4

Thank you for the continuing inspiration!

Ajay S Kumar

4y↑41

The human instinct is to co-operate and contribute. To compete and deprive one another are learned instincts... Taught to us by Milton Friedman and his Chicago Business School boys...

Human Being

Ajay S Kumar,the co-operative competed with the existing monopoly.

Project Integrity

4y↑3

I would also say that psych branch of attachment theory whereby trauma/neglect in early years creates an exaggerated competition instinct, but indeed, competition is not only inherent, but when channeled in a healthy way, beneficial. for example, innovative spirit can come from competitive spirit, but either be channeled into designing wheel chairs or bombs. beware of false dichotomies in thinking, we can embrace all instincts as long as we channel them in a healthy holistic way. what about a competitive children's soccer team where the parents choose to use fair trade balls made by a cooperative?

Mikolowiska Mikolowiska

3y↑1

Yeah
Caesar and genghis learned at the feet of friedman.

J Rhoads

3y↑1

"Competition" in nature is natural and not artificial. It runs automatically without the need for human regulation. Just like there is natural selection in nature, artificial selection exists in man's "society" (i.e. not nature). Artificial competition is also man-made and can be seen in man's concept of "gaming". Gaming is meant to be for entertainment only and not for "life or death" scenarios which would be deemed "immoral". Capitalism does just this and is basically immoral. If one's freedom and free will identity, as determined by the game, hinge on another person's inequality, that won't work since that is immoral and is not "useful" for our purposes. So, what is left for man to do that can make himself and herself useful? Cooperate. Therefore, one's freedom and free will identity will be cultivated without having to compete but still get the attention and recognition it deserves. Moreover, democracy is allowed to thrive in a non-competitive "needs" environment yet still allows competing in an "ideas" environment (i.e. school). The school's teachers moderate the competition and collaboration of ides as a means to an end which is new knowledge and problem resolution. In school, the problem itself is the object of the competition and not who will figure it out although credit is given accordingly. It's all us students vs. "the problem". That is how competing is framed. If we make a fun game out of it, so be it, but cooperation and collaboration are seen as superior to competing since all the cards are on the table and no knowledge is hidden.

Ashish

But still the cooperative businesses have to compete with one another.

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Trisha Hopkins

Here in the UK we also have the John Lewis Partnership which is owned by the people who work for the partnership. It was set up by John Spedan Lewis along the socialist model.

Rose Harmonic

2y↑3

I have a new LLC that I can run by myself for now, but I plan to turn it into a worker co-op if I have some success.

Shred Shed Guitars

2y↑2

How is it going?

Garrett cole

2y↑1

EDUCATION is a must. A co operate type model simply works. It has been tried. The Chicago school model have failed.

J Rhoads

3y↑6

Private property is not abolished but is redefined as to what "private" means. The criteria to do this is a "dependency test". If you own a private business that provides a product or service in a community where the community becomes dependent upon that product or service and without which would upset the balance of this community, the business would need to become a democratically operated public affair. Any time you sell something to someone that becomes dependent on you for that transaction, this is not a private affair but a public affair. Hence in this circumstance, your business becomes a cooperative thus ensuring that personal whim and fancy don't screw the people out of their required goods and services. Now, if you keep your business just under this radar, you can be as private as you please. The gist here is the smaller your foot print in the public, the more private you can be. Most all family owned and operated businesses are of this caliber (mom and pop) and is why they are small and operate privately. Capitalism works if it's "scale" is kept small. However, once it scales out and into public dependencies, it should be slated for conversion to a cooperative. Socialism and its foundation in democracy doesn't discount capitalism, it just makes sure it doesn't get too big for its britches. 🙂. The same dependency test can also be used successfully with "intellectual property" and patents.

Mike Barbosa

3y↑1

I want to learn more about this. Any books or videos I should read up on?

J Rhoads

3y↑2

@Mike Barbosa It would be nice to see what work and study is being done in the universities on this topic. Information is everywhere once you know what you are looking for. However, much of that info is locked behind closed doors or difficult to get. The competitive environment fosters vanity and secrecy so much of the work will be observations and intuitions. My conclusions are based on taking known information, most of which came by way of Peter Joseph and Richard Wolff, and extrapolating a synthesis of ideas.
The idea is to make knowledge open and democracy direct. Then, implement a "school of thought" where "government" is supplanted with "school" (Lyceum). Since the essential functions of government and school are clearly interwoven and similarly hierarchical, it begs us to question why they are kept separate? If I had to suggest a pre-requisite book, it would be The Fourth Way by P.D. Ouspensky (Gurdfieff). As to community building I suggest any book by R.D. Wolff, Peter Joseph, Nathan Schnieder, Trebor Scholz and E. F. Schumacher. Also, check out the P2P Foundation, People For A New Society and The Next System. If you need news commentary, Caitlin Johnstone, Grayzone, Abby Martin, Jimmy Dore :)

Mike Barbosa

3y↑1

@J Rhoads thank you for this treasure trove of recommendations! I'm going to be a very busy autodidactic for the next few months.

J C

3y↑1

very interesting take, thanks.

naat Islamic

Appreciatable steps.

Spotless Mind

if residents of the communities truly owned the economic base and infrastructure of their community, you could speak of true communism - a community based society!

AlexXx

Only collective effort is able to efficienty solve collective problems, not the profit motive.

filmsvic

I have this playing in 2x speed and she’s sounds like she’s talking normal speed. It’s good to annunciate and speak clearly in public speaking, talking at a good speed is also important but talking this slow and dramatic takes away from the speech and the message.

Kamal Daud

1y↑1

Are you a judge in public speaking competition?

Rizmacadillac

3y↑2

I studied American Market Economics in College both through the College of Arts and Sciences and in the Business School. My University asked me to do research on Co-ops during my Sophomore year and this was during America's Cold War with the USSR (Russia) and allegedly against communists. TO be perfectly honest, despite the propaganda saying that co-ops empower Americans and all I think most American Cooperatives are organized and for all practical purposes "owned" by families and certain individuals. Most of us have real, regular jobs and need real and regular income. After a year or two doing research for the University I began to meet people who organized and were involved with co-ops. I was doing my research from a free-market perspective and trying to work my way around co-op ideas and such. Quite honestly some of what they say seemed impossible while other things they said seemed to be Orwellian double speak and double think type propaganda. Have any of you read Animal Farm? In any case, over time I was
interviewing Communists and basically people who were hiding Communist ideas behind Labor Unions and other organizations. I finished my University research with an American Textbook and all my research was "normal" from an American Academic perspective but I was haunted talking to Communists and such. About a decade after leaving College I ran across some reading released by the former Soviet Union and Cooperatives were the form of business recommended by the Communist Government if people weren't working for State-Owned Corporations. I "get it" and by that I mean I "understand" that some Americans don't like the concept of Private ownership of corporations and all
and some people even consider it slavery. I don't have answers to all of the economic issues that are raised with Cooperatives and such. But I don't think they can cure cancer or end poverty. In America we are told that to get a good job and have a good income you need a good education. I believe educated people are going to want to earn as much money as possible and have as much free time and as many opportunities to grow and develop as possible. For me my research on Cooperatives was another assignment I completed in school, like spelling lessons or Matrices or Math or science or the many Economics lessons I learned over time and I never found in a Co-op any epiphany. I figure there are unhappy people working for Co-ops just as there are people who have not found happiness owning their own business or working for a large Corporations. If you have the money, Americans can invest in corporations and own a piece of the American Economy. And quite frankly, I think the most common state of relations with a human being is family, perhaps, but also being alone. If an individual needs an income and can't hook up with employment then the most
common way to change this would be starting a business. Actually a group of Union Communists were following me around after my research and when I attempted to start my own business they ganged up on me and tried to prevent it. Life is short and the pleasures of life are the most important and valuable experiences we have as human beings. It is sad that life can be ruined by meddling collectivists who think they should control and ruin everyone's life "for the common good". Freedom is complicated and elusive in my experience but other people often cause more harm than good.

Loveborn

1y↑2

You should've researched Yugoslavia. It had self-governing socialism i.e. most of the companies were coops (workers owned, voting who's managing it every few years). The country had record economic prosperity, got ruined by ultranationalists.

Rizmacadillac

1y↑1

@Loveborn I studied the American Economic System and the study of Co-ops was a diversion encouraged by the University. I know nothing about Yugoslavia and the Collective Farms but Soviet Communist control after World War II (Two) is a brief period in History. There are all sorts of definitions we need to look at when talking about co-ops including whether the organization is really a business, whether it is formed at the point of a gun or voluntary, and quite honestly I do not have the funding to speculate intelligently. There are a lot of Americans who hated the Soviet Union and to be perfectly honest I believe I was being investigated by the FBI, CIA and such even though my research was University proposed and sanctioned. Since this was business research as part of a standard University Economics Program, I consider the project a part of my Business Education and part of a valid degree. Let's not spoil it by bringing Communism, the Cold War and speculation into all of this. I am speculating here, but it seems to me what I learned about Collective Farms is that "Peasants" were forced to work on these farms. It was not voluntary. But I know nothing about the propaganda that must have existed in Yugoslavia between 1945 and 1955 or so or what these organizations taught or believed. To be honest, I would like to believe that all Economic systems are meant to be positive and helpful of citizens. This is to say I attempt to be an optimist. As to the issue of "record economic prosperity", I simply do not know with certainty because I have not accessed or attempted to interpret the data. Agriculture in America today .... Farms are still often family farms but mechanization means that one farmer can often work more land with new technology. Farmers are fascinating people (the Americans I know) but there is often talk as to whether the Farmer is getting his share of our Food Dollar and whether he is being adequately compensated. In any case, the Soviet System collapsed and today we appear to be enemies of Russia for yet another reason. But once again, all I know with certainty is what I can learn on the news and how I can interpret the news based on my own knowledge, education and experience. I guess to some extent, I consider that "profits" are essential to business and business success. Under a system of competition, it takes skill and hard work to turn a profit because we assume people are "smart" and look for low prices. I wish the best to people who want to try new Economic ideas and make America a better place to live. But even though George Orwell came from a well to do British Background I also recommend reading ANIMAL FARM as a story about Co-operatives. Here again, as I write this in 2022, the British Economic and Political system seems to be very different. And the United Kingdom is a country I am familiar with to some minimal extent. What can I say, I was not running my own business or co-op when I did this research, but I did watch the Soviet System - and probably co-ops that were supported by the Government and the Soviet Legal System - collapse. This is unfortunate. If I were doing an Physics or Chemistry experiment and everything blew up in my face then I would have to conclude that my experiment ended this way and would probably happen again with similar results. While I was doing my research on Co-ops I was told that John Kenneth Galbraith was working with similar research and that he had "come out in favor of co-ops" after many years of research. He was over 70 years old and still lecturing at Harvard according to my memory of this at the time. I do not know how he reacted to the fall of Communism, but my impression is that he was a critic of America. There is always more detailed work to do with all of this... but don't forget personal profit and personal happiness and satisfaction. Education is to improve your life, not destroy it.

Loveborn

1y↑1

@Rizmacadillac in case you're curious, I'd mention that most companies (co-ops) in Yugoslavia weren't forcefully formed, the employees liked being part of them, plus they competed freely with their products. The state owned very few strategically important industries, like military, maybe some utility, media or transportation entity here & there. The country had great rate of economic renewal & growth, the standard of living was an par with western democracies, also free healthcare & universities. It was totally different from USSR.

Rizmacadillac

@Loveborn I was attending a class at Princeton University about 10 years ago. The Russian student there - this generation of Russians - knows nothing about what it was like to live under the Soviet System. I am an American and have virtually no political influence. I would be insane to suggest that America change our way of farming. I can't help you. You might try American Labor Unions or some American Religious groups. They seem interested in destroying private enterprise, private property and starting collectives. I believe in positive thinking and positive work habits and education. My education was American with American ideas and ideals.

Loveborn

1y↑1

@Rizmacadillac what do you mean by "I can't help you" ? I was just chatting, being curious about how systems work, but no particular allegiance to any, so I don't have some intention to incite changes.