Comment on Can somebody explain why game makers don't start their own companies together?

• novibe@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Like the literal law. In most places it’s a much more involved and expensive process to even open a coop compared to a traditional private company. It takes more paperwork, more fees, more capital funds etc. Also, getting investors in (when they can’t own the coop, as they are not workers) or even loans from private or state banks/institutions is much harder. There are several programs incentivising people to open private companies, giving them tax credits, making the application and approval process easier, giving access to funds and education etc. How many there are for coops? In most places around the world there are 0. In what ways does it appear the opposite to you…? Like this all seems very self-evident to me.

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  • HaywardT@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t know where you are located. I am in the US and a co-op is just a corporation so all the things that apply to a private corporation apply to a co-op. When applying for grants there are no differentiators that I can think of. One advantage for a co-op here is that there are no passive investors.

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    • novibe@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      For my city, just for a very specific example, it takes less than one afternoon and 80 bucks total (no fees and almost no capital fund requirements) to open a corporation. It takes weeks if not months to open a coop and it costs 2500 bucks PER member.

      I don’t know the specifics of all cities and states everywhere in the world. But the system is built to benefit private corporations much more, as it’s a capitalist system where owning capital equals power, and workers are a commodity.

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      • HaywardT@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Can you tell me what city this is? For me this would be reason enough to move.

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