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[-] trailing9@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Doesn't any country with cooperatives have workplace democracy?

Norway is cheating because they have many natural resources to sell.

[-] Communist@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

Yes, they have a tiny, insignificant amount.

An entire country has to have workplace democracy for the country to be socialist.

This is kinda like saying "doesn't any country with a slice of bread have food"

[-] daddyjones@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

You think a co-op only has a tiny amount of democracy? I think it's the best form of workers owning the means of production - the definition of socialism.

[-] joejoefashosho@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

I believe they meant that worker cooperatives are a small, almost insignificant part of the overall economy in every country that has them. Often co-ops end up serving a small niche market because they really can't compete with the anti-competitive nature of capitalist big business.

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