# We cannot depend upon structures to do the work of culture

Essentially, you can set up a system or organisation, but you still need to do the daily work for it to operate positively.

> We cannot depend upon structures to do the work of culture. 
> 
> – [[Free, Fair and Alive]]

For example, [[coops can turn in to bad actors if there is no culture of commoning]].

Aaron Benanav talked about this in relationship to [[multi-criterial economy]] ([[Future Histories International: Aaron Benanav | Beyond Capitalism]]). Everyday politics still required whatever institutional forms you create.

I'd suggest that libre software and liberatory software is another example. [[Libre software must be embedded in ecosocialist political practice for it to be liberatory]].