Could a common co-operative work?
December 30, 2011 - 12:02am
I'm pretty sure a few here have mentioned this. How'd they work and what are the key elements to remember/consider. Thanks for any contributions.
I believe a lot in this but haven't seen much in practice...work...
There's so many different ways it can work. Economies of scale aren't just for the right. I'm overhoused and overtechnolgized.
The massive economies to be gained are sitting there right in front of our nose.
Forest for the trees.
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Look into mutualism
Google Mondragon a cooperative in Spain.
The Free Libre and Open Source Software movement is probably the world's largest example of building great things through global cooperation and collaboration.
This site wouldn't exist without the Drupal web content management system...a system built through global cooperation and collaboration. It runs on the Apache web server software that powers about two-thirds of all of the websites on the net. The Apache web server software mainly runs on servers that use the GNU/Linux computer operating system or the Free BSD Unix operating system. Both of these operating systems were built through global cooperation and collaboration.
They CAN work but often don't because the mix of personalities and different ways of thinking often drives everyone away in the end. i think it has more to do with the fact the commune is isolated since the society that surrounds it is the exact opposite. Same reason anarchist movements never held on.
The only way it works if you have people who are not selfish, have a similar idea about sharing work, space, democracy AND like each others company...
Mondragon will help you through the process of starting a cooperative. It is the most successful cooperative ever in the world. It has become a regional initiative in Spain with even a university. Too bad more people don't know about it.