Even in a non-profit employee-owned cooperative, there will be external costs that will have to [be] funded from somewhere.
That somewhere being reduced labor compensation no matter what, meaning the labor is just worth that much less. That doesn’t entitle an “owner” to jack shit.
It becomes exploitation when that ratio becomes disproportionate and the ownership starts extracting more than their fair share.
Their fair share is nothing. A disproportionate ratio is any ratio greater than 0. No labor should be “owned” by anyone not performing it. There should not be “ownership” involved. Organizational leaders, sure. And they should also just be regular laborers, paid in the same manner.
That somewhere being reduced labor compensation no matter what, meaning the labor is just worth that much less. That doesn’t entitle an “owner” to jack shit.
Their fair share is nothing. A disproportionate ratio is any ratio greater than 0. No labor should be “owned” by anyone not performing it. There should not be “ownership” involved. Organizational leaders, sure. And they should also just be regular laborers, paid in the same manner.