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Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts) Mon Apr 20, 2015, 12:37 PM Apr 2015

Own The Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time

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Own The Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time (Original Post) Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 OP

K&R for later viewing . TY /nt think Apr 2015 #1

bookmarked daleanime Apr 2015 #2

Great, great, great inspirational and informative presentation! yallerdawg Apr 2015 #3

Very cool! A Little Weird Apr 2015 #4

think

(11,641 posts)

1. K&R for later viewing . TY /nt

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2015, 12:44 PM

Apr 2015

daleanime

(17,796 posts)

2. bookmarked

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Mon Apr 20, 2015, 01:19 PM

Apr 2015

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

3. Great, great, great inspirational and informative presentation!

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2015, 01:32 PM

Apr 2015

This is 'bottom-up' socialism in opposition to capitalist models of business. We could do this - and why would we not?

So many workers believe their employer values them, respects their input and productivity, their ideas and engagement in the success of the enterprise. They believe they are appreciated and rewarded. They believe they will receive the fruits of their labor.

Never fully understanding they are really just another commodity, another customer, another tool of the capitalist system. Only valued based on profitability. Bought and paid for to serve the bosses. Just until obsolescence, tossed into the rubbish heap of life. Maybe you made enough to survive, maybe you didn't. But you don't matter anymore.

"Economic Democracy" is purely the workers owning the means of production. The alpha and omega!

Keep bringing it, CS!!!

A Little Weird

(1,754 posts)

4. Very cool!

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2015, 11:17 PM

Apr 2015

This sounds like the way business should be run.

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