If you're unemployed, it's not because there isn't any work.

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12. It's because capitalism as an economic system is a complete failure.

Why do we American citizens live in a democracy and spend most our waking hours in a feudal economic system? Yes, our corporations are feudal empires with peasantry doing the work and the rich kings, CEOs and boards of directors, taking the fruits of our labor.

Bringing democracy to the workplace is NOT naive nor does it require volunteers. Look around you, there are thousands of workplaces with democracy as their basis for organizing the work. They are frequently called co-ops and here are ten that are alive, well and making a profit in the US:

http://www.alexunioncab.com/

http://www.alvaradostreetbakery.com/

http://green-coop.com/

http://www.appletonideas.com/Appleton/jsps/ourcompany.do?langId=-1

http://www.arizmendibakery.org/

http://www.beyondcare.coop/

http://biofueloasis.com/about-us/

http://bostoncollectivedelivery.com/

http://broadwaybicycleschool.com/about/

http://builderscommonwealth.com/about-us/

And there are more of them, lots more, all over the US.

Instead of an overpriced CEOs and board of directors, the workers run and own the businesses. If these companies can do it, why can't all businesses be run this way?

The workers got together and put in some money to start the business or take a loan. But it's possible. Democracy at work is not some crazy impossible dream. It's everywhere and the major corporations should and could be run exactly the same.