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9. Co-ops and socialism are not synonymous

Fri Jun 19, 2026, 09:04 PM

15 hrs ago

You can find examples of cooperatives more closely aligned with socialist ideology, none of these seem to be promoting that.

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We Went To Nebraska. What We Found Could Unrig The Economy. [View all] bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago OP

Worker owned businesses are the most efficient multigraincracker 16 hrs ago #1

Because you'll never do anything as well, nor watch the money so closely, bucolic_frolic 16 hrs ago #2

An Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is an option. PufPuf23 16 hrs ago #3

Get rid of the eclipses at the end and put in an "m" Bristlecone 15 hrs ago #4

The link is quite an extended one so I didn't wish to include it. bucolic_frolic 15 hrs ago #6

Owner owned provides better service FrndStrng 15 hrs ago #5

The world's largest coop is in Spain Farmer-Rick 15 hrs ago #8

Co-ops and socialism are not synonymous ToxMarz 15 hrs ago #9

Actually they kind of are Farmer-Rick 2 hrs ago #13

This almost made it back in the 70s Figarosmom 14 hrs ago #11

Link not working masmdu 14 hrs ago #12