[jhbadger]

That certainly shows that coops can be bigger than the cliched coop grocery store and the like, but even the largest coops on that list aren't particularly large as far as corporations go even if some have high revenue -- and look what industries they are in -- banking, lumber, insurance -- not exactly progressive role models.

[PrimeMcFly]

> but even the largest coops on that list aren't particularly large as far as corporations go even if some have high revenue

And you think that's a bad thing?

[jhbadger]

The argument was whether they could scale, and they don't seem to be able to beyond a certain point (and even then only in fields of dubious value like banking). Whether or not scaling is a good thing or not is an entirely different thing.

[PrimeMcFly]

I don't think it's an issue that they can scale, I see no reason they could not, I think it's because they don't have the appetite to do so.

There is nothing intrinsically limiting about the format of a coop that would prevent it from being as big as needed, IMO.