@umbrella@cyberpunk007 Some big UK brands don’t run on an “all money is for one guy” model. John Lewis (dept store) and Waitrose (supermarket) are a partnership: the staff own it. Then we have lots of Co-operatives but the main one is mostly known for being a supermarket: member/ownership is £1 and you can vote at the AGM, get discounts and choose charities. It’s not perfect - they all exist in a capitalist system - but there are other ways of running businesses that aren’t for pure profit.
even if some people have the blessing of having comfortable well paid work. we want good work for all, not just a few blessed people. and you can do that by simply eliminating profit and turning it into fair compensation/free time.
also history shows capitalism always tends to monopoly. im not familiar with these brands you mention, but my country also had a lot of coops. still governed by a heinous system, with heinous shit happening because of it. as it ended up, the rules are very unforgiving to them and its hard to have one scrape by nowadays because the burgeoise demanded more profit.
same how they demanded we go back to work because the system cant fathom that we stop for a little bit to avoid the fucking plague. or how they demand some people to be homeless for a few to have hundreds of homes to rent.
i like socialism. you can pick your poison from any leftist ideology that speaks to you.
@umbrella @cyberpunk007 Some big UK brands don’t run on an “all money is for one guy” model. John Lewis (dept store) and Waitrose (supermarket) are a partnership: the staff own it. Then we have lots of Co-operatives but the main one is mostly known for being a supermarket: member/ownership is £1 and you can vote at the AGM, get discounts and choose charities. It’s not perfect - they all exist in a capitalist system - but there are other ways of running businesses that aren’t for pure profit.
even if some people have the blessing of having comfortable well paid work. we want good work for all, not just a few blessed people. and you can do that by simply eliminating profit and turning it into fair compensation/free time.
also history shows capitalism always tends to monopoly. im not familiar with these brands you mention, but my country also had a lot of coops. still governed by a heinous system, with heinous shit happening because of it. as it ended up, the rules are very unforgiving to them and its hard to have one scrape by nowadays because the burgeoise demanded more profit.
same how they demanded we go back to work because the system cant fathom that we stop for a little bit to avoid the fucking plague. or how they demand some people to be homeless for a few to have hundreds of homes to rent.