You mean a cooperative? Those already exist. No need for "democratic economy".
Amoxtli
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Maybe that is the plan.
There is no such thing as economic democracy because democracy isn't economics. It is politics. Socialism originally was a theory that capitalism was blocked by the use of money. To replace money, you need socialism to be centrally plan how and what people will work. Otherwise, who will take up jobs that are least pleasing, such as taking out the trash. What people claim to be socialism today is an idea of accessing resources at the expense of others. These are government programs with socialist traits, for example, how the Baby Boomers enjoyed the benefits of entitlement programs while generations afterward are going to foot the bill. That is a Ponzi scheme, which how socialism works, in reality, to be pleasing for people. It is a system that requires suckers who do most of the work.
Technology adds value. Lazy people do not.
Too bad, because it actually has information. I rather not read your messages from now on.
New Mexico? Eww...
I don't see how this has much to do with politics, and more to do with economic competition. If anything, progressives are against desalination because of the brine pollution. These desalination plants are foremost for industrial use. The city of Corpus Christi and the port authority are trying to compete with Houston in attracting business. Sometime in the future, it may become important for general consumer use because of droughts. Historically, before the Port of Houston became the most prominent port, due to Buffalo Bayou dredged by state, and federal funds, the Port of Corpus Christi was the leading Texas port until a major hurricane hit it.
It is a transmission line that is part of the overall national strategy to increase reliability and connectivity. The ERCOT market is different from the rest of the country, which is a federal jurisdiction. Different rules that make electrical trade illegal/incompatible. For the ERCOT market, it means it can, under emergency request, draw energy from MISO-S region, instead of burning coal & oil emergency stockpiles. While the same line provides additional reliability and throughput for the MISO-S region.
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Cooperatives operate on equal votes, not equity, which is a potential problem in itself. Equal votes over who has the bigger stake. Liberal economics is better. Trying to impose a system instead of simply giving economic agents the freedom, and make suggestions themselves on how best to form and run business. Equality isn't a economic good.