@mem_somerville_kbin @hedge My insurance company, Amica, is a mutual company; I get a substantial rebate every year.
Liberty Mutual is also a mutual company, but I hear they never issue any rebates, that management thinks it is more fun to spend any extra money on themselves.
Cooperates and mutuals are not a magic alternative to rapacious capitalism.
@[email protected] To be fair, the food industry makes more money when they sell more stuff. And they are clever about crafting addictive products.
Bonus: Subsidized grain production means sugar and starch is what they get us to eat too much of. Not broccoli.