One of capitalismβs greatest ideological victories is convincing communists that the problem is who owns capital rather than the social relation of capital itself. A cooperative still produces commodities, remains subject to the law of value, and competes on the market.
This. When I was younger, a friend wanted me to build a robot to wash dishes. After a few iterations of designs, the obvious optimal design wasβ¦. A dishwasher. The humanoid robot fad is idiotic because humans are never the optimum machine for any one task.