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[–] pankuleczkapl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Well, in fact it's not that complicated - shareholders literally own the company - and this ownership results in both the right to decide what happens to the company and receiving dividends, which are supposed to come from the company's surplus funds. In reality it's not that straightforward, but that's the general idea. So if a company spends money, you can think of it as spending shareholders' money allocated in the company's assets.

[–] SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Well, in fact it's not that complicated

In reality it's not that straightforward

Well now I’m really fucking confused.

[–] pankuleczkapl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 hours ago

Sorry, I meant the whole idea is simple, but in reality capitalists exploit every single loophole to gain even more money, so there are laws against a lot of stuff - it would be that simple if people were trustworthy.