Anyone can start one if they only "want" to badly enough?. The ability of a few people to do this is contingent upon millions of others not doing this. Their not doing so makes it possible in a manner of speaking. I owned something similar once. Getting a loan for a business held in 20 peoples names with everyone being an equal partner might sound like a good idea but try to find a bank willing to do that. I owned the business but it was run with everyone having an equal voice in workplace decisions. It was a close to a collective as it could be with one person owning it. It was also a freak set of circumstances that enabled it to be opened this way in the first place. Hardly a business model anyone can follow. Banks generally won't load money for a small business unless they have someone specific they can hold accountable. Believe me, we tried. That's not to say that it is impossible just than 99.999% of the time lending agencies won't approve a small business loan for a collectively owned venture on the scale that is feasible for most people. People make lots of shitty choices but being a wage slave isn't one of them. This nonsensical idea probably makes many people quite angry. It does me.
John Thornton