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Co-ops are Marxist? If so, wow, Marxist businesses are remarkably profitable, productive [1], and resilient [2]! [1] https://www.thenation.com/article/archive
by komali2 4y ago
Co-ops are Marxist?
If so, wow, Marxist businesses are remarkably profitable, productive [1], and resilient [2]!
[1] https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/worker-cooperatives-are-more-productive-than-normal-companies/ https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/worker-cooperative...
[2] https://www.uk.coop/sites/default/files/2020-10/co-operative_survival_1.pdf https://www.uk.coop/sites/default/files/2020-10/co-operative...
- WalterBright 4y agoIf they are so remarkably profitable, why aren't they pervasive?
- komali2 4y agoAren't they? The top 300 cooperatives apparently accounted for 2.2 trillion in turnover back in 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171022081215/http://monitor.coop/ https://web.archive.org/web/20171022081215/http://monitor.co...
- WalterBright 4y agoSo go set one up, then! And btw, none of the text in your cite says anything about 2.2 trillion in turnover.
- komali2 4y agoThanks, I'll need to update the link on wikipedia later, it was correct last week. I have set up a co-op. It's going quite well.
- WalterBright 4y agoGood luck with your co-op. I have no issue with people setting up co-ops in a free market.
- WalterBright 4y agoYou can set up marxist organizations in a free country. They're perfectly legal. They just cannot force people to join, or prevent people from leaving.