One difference is the reduced friction of starting new projects. Starting a new company now is major task, from legal to funding starting salaries to developer setup, but in a company you have everything ready to go.

Some other differences are:

1. Salaries are limited, so hopefully more money stays available for new projects.

2. All the source code, docs and databases are shared.

I’ve found the comments on this article interesting partly because of the discussion of specific implementation details without bandying about broad bucket terms like “capitalism”.

So maybe you can be more specific and avoid trigger terms like that. What’s wrong with having a coop that still rewards for performance?