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> yet I don't think that's why many of us don't like coops, as publicly traded companies are owned by many people through the stock markets.

That's not the same thing. The concept of coops is that the people that work in them own them.



In some coops yes: worker cooperatives. There are many styles—if you're in the US, you may not know that REI, the outdoor store, is also a coop, albeit a retail one.




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