Let's Co-opefy The Economy, Decenter The Corporatocracy

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[–]fschmidt 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

What a joke. People today are lazy morons. Without a boss they would do nothing.

[–]EddieC[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Not everyone will choose to start a co-op. But everyone will get to decide whether to buy from Co-ops or Oligarch-owned corporations.

[–]fschmidt 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Since almost everything in the modern world is horrible, I simply buy from the best source regardless of their ideology.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So the entire machine churns on, grinding up forests, water, topsoil, languages in its trajectory, but I have the option to buy coffee from a cooperative? Sounds like the status quo.

[–]EddieC[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It is status quo to the extent that there are no institutional changes - because we are not in a real position to do them, but more importantly, we can make real changes without them - by simply focusing on the inalienable power we have collectively - economic power.
With each individual deciding to buy from co-ops and to form co-ops, each individual will inoculate her/him self from being exploited by Corporations ie the 0.01%. "Herd Immunity" is reached when the very idea of corporations having any material impact on our lives is looked down upon & shunned by the majority as it would represent a return to enslavement by the minority.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You do realize that co-operatives have bosses too, right? They're just elected by workers instead of investors.

[–]fschmidt 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Which means that the bosses can't be tough on the stupid lazy employees under them, which means nothing will get done.

I support coops in principle and have for the last 20 years. But this no longer works in practice now that humanity has degenerated into shit.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Which means that the bosses can't be tough on the stupid lazy employees under them, which means nothing will get done.

Yes they can; the employees electing them have an incentive to keep the business going, or they'll lose their income and be forced to work minimum wage at McDonalds, so a lot of them will end up electing hardliners. Also, investor-based companies tend to cater to a minority of woke employees, who would be mitigated by the silent majority in a worker-based company.