I might be able to star working on a big co-op after finishing college, I understand its not the best it can be as they exist in a capitalist system, but I think my living conditions will be better than working for some other company, what are your thoughts?
Edit: Thanks for all your responses! I will try to get to work there when I finish college, maybe in the future I can help some of your projects with the co-ops funding programs!
I like them. I understand that they aren’t perfect but they don’t need to be. They just need to be better than the alternative, and they sure are.
In my humble opinion, not liking cooperatives under capitalism feels like a “it’s not a perfect utopia therefore we’ll just stick with the hellish situation we have now”.
I’m happy that you got this opportunity, comrade! Best of luck!
Completely agree to that. They still are profit based, but what is not in capitalism? They do the best they can. Profit is made following an ideal, and is not given to shareholders that didn’t worked not even one minute in their life. I think is important to sustain cooperatives in this economy: I don’t see a proper revolution coming soon, so I think sustaining the social and solidarity economy can be a good way to foster a transition towards a more environmentally and socially sound society.
Thanks! I honestly feel better about my future knowing that I can have a fairer work environment than working for a normal corp, learning about Marxism has helped me a lot to see the truth in how our society works but has Ive grown more depressed over time, or maybe its just the stress from college.