In your opinion, are members of worker's cooperatives petit-bourgeoisie since they own their means of production?
Ok so im goint to ignore your to question and go on a tamgent here but i feel like you are wrong abiut both a workers cooperative and a petit bourgeoisie.
1. A workers coop does not nesscarily mean yhe workers own the means of production. It just means the business is collectively owned by the workers. But depending on what said business is, they could or could own the means of production. For example a workers coop of a grocery store isnt going to own the means of production if they are selling items that arw still made by other people. Generally speaking a coop in the imperial core isnt nesscarily capable of owning the means of production and is different from somethibg like a cooperative of farmers in Philippines who sell their goods to export. So the premise that workers cooperatives own the means of production is not always the case and depends on context and the individual case by case.
2. I dont think owning the means of production is what makes someone a petit bourgeoisie.
Please corrext me if i get any of this wrong. Im but a dumbass who dont read theory.
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HEMPEN INTERVIEW: In July 2019 HCM visited a beautiful part of the Oxfordshire countryside to interview some of the worker cooperative that
My friends in Oxfordshire had to destroy their entire hemp crop on the whim of the home office. Hemp in the UK is grown under licence. These are good people running a workers cooperative.
HEMPEN INTERVIEW: In July 2019 HCM visited a beautiful part of the Oxfordshire countryside to interview some of the worker cooperative that
My friends in Oxfordshire had to destroy their entire hemp crop on the whim of the home office. Hemp in the UK is grown under licence. These are good people running a workers cooperative.
