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[-] whatisallthis@lemm.ee 84 points 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?

[-] Rusky_900@reddthat.com 58 points 1 year ago

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

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 31 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] ItsMeSpez@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Sounds like taxation without representation to me.

[-] YourAvgMortal@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

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 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

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

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