this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2025
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Company Owned By Humanity

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Wouldn't it be nice if there were companies that are owned by humanity in the sense that they are managed by democratic decisions where every person in the world has one equally weighted vote?

Here, various aspects of this idea can be discussed in detail.

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When votes are held to decide which initiatives a “company owned by humanity” will implement, should these votes be secret or public? Should everyone be able to see who voted for which option, or should this information remain private or not be collected?

Should there be profiles for every active member of the community that document exactly who voted how in each vote?

Should the voting decisions be visible to everyone on the internet or only accessible to a specific group of people (e.g., those who participated in the vote)?

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[–] prichter@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

The problem with secret ballots is that they are much easier to manipulate. If it is public who voted for what, it is not so easy to fabricate votes without it being noticed. Especially with online elections, which are easy to manipulate, I think that elections can be protected against fraud by making the voting process transparent.