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How do you all keep it truly democratic with (eventually) 1000+ owners? Who decides on major decisions like, where it will be built, what funding sources you'll
by artec 4y ago
How do you all keep it truly democratic with (eventually) 1000+ owners? Who decides on major decisions like, where it will be built, what funding sources you'll accept, who will do what work etc.
- bombcar 4y agoYou can’t keep it “truly democratic” - the owners are basically there to replace the management if they go insane. And coops have been known to explode - usually when they become untenable for the reasons that drove the grocery stores away.
- lambertsimnel 4y ago> You can’t keep it “truly democratic” - the owners are basically there to replace the management if they go insane. In a sense, that's true of other kinds of business, which also allow their owners to vote. The difference is that in a coop it's one person one vote, and nobody can be an owner without being a stakeholder of another kind (such as an employee or a customer), whereas in a conventional business there's no reason owners must intersect with other kinds of stakeholders (though there might still be some overlap), and votes don't necessarily have equal value.