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Question to the ones that fully left Reddit
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I agree with most of your points except the points about worker democracy. Being able to exit is not the same as having voice and exit, which is what worker democracy involves. The employer is not a workers' delegate. Their managers manage the firm in the employer's name. The employer appropriates 100% of the positive and negative product of the firm. The workers are de facto responsible for creating the product. This violates the principle that legal and de facto responsibility match
I can understand that. I think we should try to work toward a more democratic workplace, although I don't think any existing solution is something we can just apply in the USA. A good stepping stone would be to incentivize different ownership structures and improve the bureaucratic mechanisms for handling them. There's a couple worker owned grocery chains in my city that are a great asset to the community (and have the best beer selection) and I'd love to see more support for people who want to make companies like that.