"The popular turn to “#digitalsovereignty” identifies the right problem but mislocates the solution, treating #thestate as something that can simply be recaptured… Reclaiming #publicauthority thus depends on strengthening the democratic parts of the economy itself — rebuilding institutions capable of pooling capital, coordinating at scale, and exerting leverage. #Cooperatives, if politicized and #federated, remain one of the few tools available for doing that work."

https://jacobin.com/2026/02/socialist-co-ops-silicon-valley-tech

Socialist Co-Ops Against Silicon Valley Empires

Co-ops are often dismissed as attempts to create islands of socialism. But building democratically controlled tech infrastructure can be part of a wider movement for working-class power.