@dajb What is the average lifespan of a co-op business? Why aren't they more common? What are the largest co-ops in the world? How does their level of democracy change with scale?

(Here in Canada, the #AntigonishMovement of the 1920s and 1930s favoured co-ops as a system for economic empowerment. In #Antigonish itself, the only surviving co-ops are a grocery store and the credit union. In Québec, 80% of residents have accounts with the Desjardins credit union group.)