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		steveklabnik on Sept 8, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TwentySomething: How my generation works I'm not sure if you're trying to be sarcastic... In the real world, we get fictional companies? I'll be first to say that modern unions are horrible, and there's lots of problems there. But there are also a lot of successful, democratically run business places.

CWuestefeld on Sept 8, 2010 [–]

Sorry, my wording was poor. That story is a parable, and I was trying to remind you of it, as a logical consequence of running a business as a co-op.

there are also a lot of successful, democratically run business places

I'm not aware of any. Can you cite examples?

steveklabnik on Sept 8, 2010 | [–]

Here's a list on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_worker_cooperatives#Uni...

Obviously, this is not comprehensive.

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