I’ve known a few in the U.S., and even worked at one. Maybe people won’t become billionaires doing this, but why wait for a complete overhaul of society to implement more of what are good ideas.
I’d also like to see more childcare co-ops, or community shared pre-k schools. Wheres the movement to build communities and pool resources around these business models in the US? In short, co-ops are the closest socialist/communist business model that’s actually implemented in the U.S., so why are more leftists not doing this?
I mean, people pretty regularly organize enough to build a state. It’s actually really hard to stop people from building a state.
Hell, literal cavemen built the first state.
Your initial question is how to build a co-op in a hypercapitalist hellscape. And it turns out, it is kinda hard.