• whatisallthis@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Wouldn’t it be sick if once your company got up to a net worth of ONE TRILLION DOLLARS you’d just stop trying to shoehorn in new ways to make profit?

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      It’s comically perverted and epicly sad that leaders with power in society don’t stop this kind of thing.

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        I’ve been questioning whether the current implementation of democracy can work in a modern world, where corporate entities can grow beyond the size of government.

        As long as the people is represented by a smaller subset of the people, corporations wont need to please the people. Only the representatives. The same way that in the US, the electoral college means your vote technically doesn’t have direct power, there’s a disconnect between people voting for not getting screwed, and that sentiment actually becoming law.

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          Wasn’t there a proposal to let companies vote in Delaware not too long ago? Democracy would truly only apply for the rich at that point

          • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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            There’s localities in Delaware now where corporations can vote. The idea is supposed to be that non-resident property owners (usually LLCs for people’s vacation homes) should have a say in laws that govern the town but they sure as fuck aren’t letting seasonal workers vote.

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          1 year ago

          Yu kind of can’t. Usa has legal bribes and no country has the power and spine to break up monopolies

      • ⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻@aussie.zone
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        I’m always disappointed that this kind of stuff gets no interest from the mainstream media. Nearly everyone in developed countries interacts with the internet and thus they should all care