# Are Cooperatives Petite Bourgeoisie Conspiracy? I read some Marxist-Leninists writings yesterday. It seems that they consider cooperatives petite bourgeoisie conspiracy. It's true that I'm pro - petite bourgeoisie. But what's wrong with people having control on the means of production? I can't understand how they end up thinking that only nationalization by the state within the communist party dictatorship is "socialization". According to them, if the workers of a company own the company, that's not socialized since it's not owned by the state. Although I definitely don't agree with auth-rights, at least I can understand their thinking process. But tankies are beyond understanding.