I’ve known a few in the U.S., and even worked at one. Maybe people won’t become billionaires doing this, but why wait for a complete overhaul of society to implement more of what are good ideas.

I’d also like to see more childcare co-ops, or community shared pre-k schools. Wheres the movement to build communities and pool resources around these business models in the US? In short, co-ops are the closest socialist/communist business model that’s actually implemented in the U.S., so why are more leftists not doing this?

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    That’s what public companies are. You buy their shares to help out with business and they share their profits. How much more of them do you want?

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      No, public companies and cooperatives are completely different things

      The investors is not who they’re talking about sharing profits with

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        No, they’re not different. If you’re creating a co-op - your partners are still shareholders and investors. The only difference is that co-op is private, but public company is… Well, public. But the end result is the same.

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          Capitalism and socialism are the same thing.

          You should probably ask more questions and make less statements.