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There is a "cost of living" small grocer in town that has boogied up my old neighborhood. I'm glad if the workers are at least earning more money, but it's the same problem as a "good king" — good or bad, it's not like you have any real democratic control over your own workplace.
Where are we on co-ops anyway?
They cost money to open and run. Best case is a group of somewhat wealthy friends pool their money to start a co-op. Idk how lending policies are towards worker co-ops.
I worked in a metal fab shop and ppl talked about unionizing. I brought up a co-op or other employee owned models but they said 1 machine alone can easily be $500,000+ for a shitty used one and none of us could get that kind of money.