forming... co-ops?

I see communities to be the solution to the root problem that resulted in Peak Oil(in capital letters, "peak oil" is no longer taken at face value, but means the economic depression that the peak will cause). Therefore, every step I'm taking in my life is to form communities. Even if Peak Oil didn't exist, I would be forming communities to solve the root problem I referred to, which is people purposely misunderstanding each other, so they can isolate themselves into individual survivalists, as if they need that experience to learn something. Lesson learned, next phase in the human experience please, I'm tired of these clouds in our awareness keeping us at odds with each other.

In order to build faith in potential members that a community would work, you need to build the community one aspect at a time, so that the concept can prove itself a little more. My first step is trying to become a retailer to my friends(the potential members). I try to purchase what I need wholesale instead of retail, and sell the extra items to my friends at a small profit but well below retail price, and I encourage them to do the same. This moves us a step away from the corporate world, starting with one of it's biggest wastes, the retail sector. Eventually we'll figure out how to become the wholesalers ourselves. Also somehow using banks less, especially credit cards, would be excellent.

This purchasing setup may be known as a co-op, I'm not sure though.