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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What could be possible business models for a company owned by humanity? (lemmy.ml)

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If a company is democratically run by an open community of people who may be scattered across the globe, and if, everyone who is interested should be able to participate in this company, what could be a suitable business model for such a company? What kind of products could such a company sell? What kind of services could it offer?

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[–] chunch@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Anything. Physical production workers are only a small part.

A computer game would be perfect to distribute and scale. But it's hit or miss, which means that much work could end up with nothing.

I am not sure if its best to determine a business first and then look for people or if it is better to look for people and then determine a business.

To make a suggestion, a delivery service could be an option in a city without an established player. The restaurants have to be called, a website is needed, workers have to be recruited, advertisement has to be created, complains have to be settled. But it could be too big to start from nothing.

To start small, selling international sweets could be possible. It requires a small inventory and having people from all over the world helps with selecting the products.