To extend the thought experiment further, imagine if, in the co-op scenario, a survey was run to collect information about whether employees still wanted the co

To extend the thought experiment further, imagine if, in the co-op scenario, a survey was run to collect information about whether employees still wanted the company to buy local fish...and then the employees who didn't were slowly whittled down to a minority through selective firings. The tendency for the most ruthless in leadership to "take the wheel" by excising any from the organization who aren't on board with increased ruthlessness is a common one (see the current GOP in the US, various stories of Soviet leadership, and common trends in executive-turnover-immediately-preceding-layoffs).