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Is Communism good?
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Yes 375 66.25%
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Lightning Knight
Feb 24, 2012

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Cicero posted:

Got nothing against worker co-ops, but it seems like if it was a more effective means of running a company long-term then there'd be more of them, no?

Not necessarily. Our economic system, in general, incentivizes profit seeking behavior and emphasizes structures that benefit the top end the most. These things aren't necessarily the most efficient way to do things, just the way that grants the most profit to the fewest people who happen to run things.

To put it another way, why would you start a co-op and share profits with a bunch of people given the option to instead own a business yourself or with a partner and only share profits with one other person, if at all? It might not be more efficient, but you'll make more money yourself.

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