I think a lot of people don’t know what co-ops are. I have been pretty left leaning my whole life and I only found out co-ops in my late 20s and the majority of people I talked to in real life have no idea what coops are. And from that few that do know, many dont know how big cooperatives can be.

For the uninitiated, I am sharing the [International Cooperative Alliances definition of coops here: ica.coop/en/cooperatives/what-is-a-cooperative

and the list of largest coops in 2023 here: ica.coop/en/…/world-cooperative-monitor-2023

Screenshot of the top 10 coops based on turnover in USD from the report here:

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