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    4 days ago

    Worker cooperatives can’t run an entire country. They can barely run a single business, but only if the business is small.

    • @[email protected]
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      74 days ago

      That’s not true. It’s simply a democratic structure. All workers share in ownership instead of a private few. Profits are not horded, they are reinvested into either more compensation for the workers or into the business. If you think Democracy can’t run a country I disagree.

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        13 days ago

        I’m familiar with the concept, you don’t need to explain it. I’m just saying it can’t work in the real world yet

        • Vivian (they/them)
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          33 days ago

          It does work though?

          For example Duralex, a famous French glass tableware/kitchenware manufacturer, started transitioning to a worker cooperative in July of this year. This is a company that has like 25 million euros in revenue per year (2023), so I don’t think we can consider it “small”.

          This was approved by the Commercial Court of Orléans fyi and I don’t think they’d have done that if it “can’t work in the real world”.

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            13 days ago

            As I said before, it can work for small businesses but not for countries. Country governance was the original topic of this thread.