Are cooperatives sus??? 😳 (The Problems and Pros of Cooperatives under Socialism and Capitalism)
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The Deprogram Podcast links: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tk1sTZDeE8p9lnxYLy4Ky https://www.patreon.com/TheDeprogram Support me on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Let's take a look at the pros and cons of cooperatives! A remake where I build up on my original analysis of the issues of cooperative economy under Capitalism as well as Socialism. 00:00 Introduction and Announcement 00:55 Definitions 01:48 Are Coops Truly Revolutionary? Conventional Enterprises vs Cooperatives 05:15 Consumer Cooperatives and The Limitations of Working Under Capitalism 07:10 The Class Interests of The Coop 09:06 Positives of Cooperatives 09:50 Strategy and Conclusion
  • Jay Baker (he/they)
    2•2 years ago

    This is a really good discussion to have. Many of us (myself included) have assumed that replacing traditional corporations with cooperatives would solve almost all our problems but there’s still the broader context of capitalism. Dill Pickle Co-op workers just walked out over unsafe work conditions, for example.

  • smallcircles
    2•2 years ago

    In Netherlands (I think) it is not possible to found a co-operative that is also a not-for-profit. I didn’t get to musing much about it yet, but have been thinking about NonProfit Ventures (where all surplus revenue of the for-profit part of the venture flows into its not-for-profit part), Steward Ownership (where no one owns the company anymore, the company owns itself), and having a Co-operative be the for-profit part in that.

    Just putting this out. I have little time to elaborate on it now.

    PS. If you have good resources on new sustainable business models, I’d love it if you created an issue in delightful-sustainable-business as candidates for the curated list. And if you know about more interesting funding-related resources than I already collected, to add a comment to the delightful-funding candidate list.