This isn't true -- there are worker cooperatives, where workers own the means of production and sell the goods to others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_c

This isn't true -- there are worker cooperatives, where workers own the means of production and sell the goods to others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_cooperative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_cooperative Which isn't to say that Sparkfun is a coop -- I don't think it is, just a bootstrapped company where the equity has stayed within the hands of founders/employees.