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Isn’t this basically what community driven open source software is all about? I know I've worked on and submitted patches to various OSS projects for free.
by hgs3 4y ago
Isn’t this basically what community driven open source software is all about? I know I've worked on and submitted patches to various OSS projects for free.
- ironmagma 4y agoI’m more interested in coops that strive to break even or profit so that they can continue indefinitely without outside funding.
- dcgudeman 4y agoHow is that any different than a regular business?
- tidenly 4y agoCooperatives work based on the management and control of the working force rather than shareholders. Its the main difference between a traditional company vs a co-operative.
- ironmagma 4y agoCo-ops are worker-owned. I don’t know exactly how it works but you can imagine it as that there’s no board, there are no external shareholders, and 100% of the stock is distributed among the workers.
- specialist 4y agoThe workers themselves own the company, make the decisions, keep the profits. Imagine if the shareholders, management, and labor union were all one and the same, vs adversarial. It's really that simple. Here's some (overly verbose) entry points into the topic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_self-management https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_self-management https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-03-11/worker-self-directed-enterprises-the-cure-for-capitalism/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-03-11/worker-self-di... https://www.democracyatwork.info/democratizing_the_workplace https://www.democracyatwork.info/democratizing_the_workplace