to CB: can you make a substantiated case for capitalists putting co-ops out
of business? of course one would be for banks to lend at higher interest
rates as JD says. what other destructive mechanisms do they have?
to JD: can you corroborate banks lending at higher rates? that is
ideologically motivated or a reflection of co-op inability to repay loans?
thanks for your responses.
norm
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From: Charles Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 3:23 PM
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Subject: [PEN-L:5517] Re: co-ops
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thank you for your response that leads me to my next question:
if co-ops can successfully give people what they want at a price that
excludes "surplus value", then why haven't they become a major factor in
republican-capitalist societies?
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CB: The capitalists are vigilant in retarding the growth of and destroying
any institutions that demonstrate the viability of an economy not based on
the extaction of surplus-value. They don't just sit around and let utopian
socialist projects creep-up and overcome capitalism.
Be clear. Capitalists are violently opposed to people being able to get what
they want ( or need) at a price that excludes "surplus value". They put
profit before people.
