I'll give 100% when I work for a co-op that is equally owned by all the workers.
I'll give 100% when I work for a co-op that is equally owned by all the workers.
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I mean, the counter-argument is that nothing is stopping you from creating such a co-op today. You not doing it is seen as a point in favor of capitalism/ruling class.
Show them wrong?
Funding is stopping me. Lack of investment money to get started. Access to capital.
I don't have the luxury to stop being an employee, even momentarily because I need the income
How many banks have rejected your business proposal?
You seem to not understand the difference between an investment and a loan
I have applied to a few accelerator programs and haven't gotten a response
One thing is to get money in exchange for ownership of the company and the other one is to get money that has to be paid back no matter what
So you're not willing to take any risk? Weird.
It’s different kind of risk when failure means you may not eat or become homeless.
The rich do not incur that kind of risk when they engage in “entrepreneurial-ship”
It's clearly over their head.
They were given bootstraps to pull themselves up by, so everyone else should be able to pull themselves up by their bootstraps too!
Nope. Incorrect.
Racism: the systemic oppression of a racial group to the social, economic, and political advantage of another
When a system oppresses you, no bootstraps to be had.
That's just another white supremacy myth meant to make it look like some people just don't try hard enough.
https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist/
That will explain it. If you cared to do your own research instead of regurgitating the crap that's been spoonfed to you your whole life.
Sigh... it's never safe to assume you don't need the /s these days huh
My parents were immigrants themselves and I immigrated again to a different country in my 20s. I arrived with a backpack of clothes, an old laptop and money to pay a shared apartment for a few months.
But cool story you came up with to justify your prejudice.
Yes I will take marginal amount of risk but no I won't gamble everything
Some people get the opportunity to try things risk free, and others need to risk everything so if they fail the consequences are very negative
Can you imagine to post your idea and look for participants on lemmy?
Can't afford to take the chance. Most startups fail and people generally only see the succes cases. If you're not dependent on work you can afford to take chances like this.