I relied very heavily on Day One until they dropped most of their local-hosting features. It was painful and I still haven't found any comparable alternative.
I think you made a jump from laborers should own their own labor to laborers should own labor collectively. Democratically control of individual resources appears to be less than ideal.
If homosexuals have their rights ignored in some far off country you must just shrug your shoulders, they don't have rights in those countries.
Tilting at windmills under the delusion they are giants does not make you a fighter of giants.