Re: The Poor Masses: Co-Ops

Enigl@aol.com
Wed, 16 Oct 1996 20:10:14 -0400


In a message dated 96-10-15 22:01:50 EDT, Suresh Naidu
<snaidu@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

<< Answering a question of who determines need: In small scale operations
[...] Co-ops don't work well on a large scale >>

John Clark said:<< Then why are we talking about them? >>

There is one large Co-Op that works very well:

Wisconsin Dairies Co-Op is a Fortune 500 (or is it Fortune 100?) company.
But I don't think socialists like _that_ co-op. They _never_ use it as an
example of how well socialism works because it is run just like a capitalist
corporation. It's "too" successful for the "wrong reasons" I guess.