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So in the book I’m reading, ‘Billionaires to the guillotine’, the author went to Basque Country to see how it went from one of the poorest and most criminal regions in Spain in the 70s to one of the richest and most equal regions in all of Europe. It did so by refusing to accept neoliberalism and privatization and by forming co-ops. There are around 3000 co-ops in the country at the moment and it was interesting to see how they operate.
The author rightfully discusses some criticism of the co-ops, mainly the large ones like Mondragón, as they need to operate within a capitalist world and therefore need to adapt some capitalist mindset. But it was still interesting to see how a small region could give a middle finger to capitalism by forming lukewarm socialist companies. I think examples like this will be very useful in discussing with libs.
Not that I see co-ops as the way to go, by the way
Marxism-Wolffism
Inside you are two Wolffs. You are now a co-op.