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egbertowillies

(4,058 posts)
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 12:51 PM Aug 2018

'There's an Alternative to the Hierarchical, Top-Down Capitalist Corporation'

Read with an open mind and see how powerful it is. "But here’s a simple fact which ought to illustrate, in a sense, the question you’ve asked: This is an extremely undemocratic arrangement. What do I mean?"

https://egbertowillies.com/2018/08/19/alternative-capitalist-corporation/

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Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
2. International socialism comes with its own problems as it's mamagment at the top,
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 01:11 PM
Aug 2018

begins to operate like another big corporation.

Every commune has it management problems.

brush

(53,778 posts)
5. Of course, but are co-operative problems more easily fixed than those of top down capitalism?
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 02:11 PM
Aug 2018
 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
6. Depends who is not corrupted at the top by the time the co-op members find out they've been had
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 02:17 PM
Aug 2018

Depends on the by-laws & who is in power to fight the greed based corruption once it is realized.

Recovery can be no different in its struggle to survive as any corrupt capitalistic business run-amoke.

Point being, corruption is always a threat to any form of got or business. Small or large.

Buyer beware

brush

(53,778 posts)
7. Aren't workers co-owners in co-operative though, and thus have more say than just regular workers?
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 02:21 PM
Aug 2018
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