I resist any escalation in the political discussion. We are free to associate with others as we wish. My experience with the farm co-op's left me believing that the sopisticated, big farmers held their crops til the price went up. The small farmers who always needed money for the next crop sold to the co-op and received much less in return. In a co-op there must be agreement by the members as to when to sell, when to hold and what percentage is kept to pay for the administrors.
My experience with labor unions consists of working in an auto manufacturing plant with the UAW as the local union. I found these guys to be cheap thugs who threatened others with physical harm. Now this was my experience and might not reflect any other local. These experiences did greatly affect my thinking on any union or co-op.
I did joint a "little" organization later and spent 20 years in the Marine Corps and retired at the rank of GySgt. This also has prompted my desire to remain independent. As before my comments are add to the discussion not to the polical side. Best to all, Mike./
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