Submitted 2 days ago by HailSeitan@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://jacobin.com/2026/02/socialist-co-ops-silicon-valley-tech
Co-ops are often dismissed as attempts to create islands of socialism. But building democratically controlled tech infrastructure can be part of a wider movement for working-class power.
Co-ops are often dismissed as attempts to create islands of socialism
I’m sold! When do we start?
I’m in a very rural part of the USA. My electric, telephone(landlines which I don’t have), and internet are all coops. They are all very efficient and inexpensive. I’m very happy with them.
That should be the norm everywhere
Right now. Just grab some of your friends and sign onto contracts to buy and share things together.
Food coops are the most common. I imagine tools would also be pretty easy to jointly own.
Just grab some of your friends
That would require friends…
co-ops are great especially for fresh foods. You buy in bulk and split between families. Something like half a dozen and buying fruit by the crate makes sense. along with like buying a whole cow.
tomiant@piefed.social 2 days ago
Yeah, this shit. We CAN use capitalism against itself. Why the fuck aren’t we doing more of it? Nothing is stopping us from creating industrial collectives. Crowdsource that shit!
rimu@piefed.social 2 days ago
In some places it’s fairly common. Check out this network of 257 cooperatives in Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Too few places. There’s a cluster in Italy as well.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
The availability of capital for this type of organization, the capital concentration on the opposing side and its market power is what’s holding us back.
partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I’ll be really interesting to see how people try to hide the source of their wealth / power in a world where everything is co’oped.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
If only there were a way to seize the means of production and redistribute the wealth…
tomiant@piefed.social 2 days ago
Yeah I know. :(
TechnoCat@piefed.social 2 days ago
We need better financial tools to allow employees to take out loans to purchase companies from owners and form worker cooperatives.
Gonzako@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Italy does this! They have a strong worker commune culture on the region they make the parmesan cheese at.
fortnitefinn@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Because we’re stupid.
Because we’re stupid.