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   Steve Herrick (steve@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 00:43:19 JST Steve Herrick

   • Nathan Schneider

   @ntnsndr , are you following Milei's misadventures in Argentina?

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 00:43:17 JST Nathan Schneider

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     @Steve Around co-ops specifically?

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     Josh Davis (guerillaontologist@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 01:13:08 JST Josh Davis

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     • Nathan Schneider

     @ntnsndr @Steve
     https://buenosairesherald.com/economics/government-deploys-slipshod-suspension-of-worker-cooperatives

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     Steve Herrick (steve@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 01:31:34 JST Steve Herrick

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     • Nathan Schneider

     @ntnsndr Yes. I'm trying to imagine a form of federation that would protect them against suspension.

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 07:37:46 JST Nathan Schneider

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     @Steve Good to hear. I signed the petition in support, for what that is worth.

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     Steve Herrick (steve@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 08:38:52 JST Steve Herrick

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     • Nathan Schneider

     @ntnsndr It would require an odd form of secondary incorporation that was still very respectful of autonomy and independence. As in, the second-tier co-op would own a small piece of the first-tier co-op, but in the event of involuntary suspension or dissolution, the second-tier co-op automatically becomes the full owner, as a holding company, until such time as the workers can reestablish themselves. Or maybe just the assets, not the legal entity.

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 09:24:30 JST Nathan Schneider

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     @Steve interesting! Are you working with co-ops there on this?

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     Steve Herrick (steve@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 09:24:31 JST Steve Herrick

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     • Nathan Schneider

     @ntnsndr This is roughly analogous to the indivisible fund going to another co-op upon voluntary dissolution.

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     Steve Herrick (steve@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 12:10:48 JST Steve Herrick

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     • Nathan Schneider

     @ntnsndr Nope, it's just an idea I have. I see the potential for platform and/or second-tier co-ops to alleviate some of the precarity and uncertainty that co-ops face face everywhere, but most conspicuously in Argentina.