The worst three things that can happen to a company are an MBA, going public and private equity. (And to any trolls, no, co-ops are not “going public.”)
Capitalists actively weaken strong, healthy commerce.
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2026
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CEO should be a position where people take turns doing it. Like the anarcho-syndicalist peasants in Monty Python.
But all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting, by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs...
Or by a two thirds majority in the case of external affairs.
It makes so much sense!
The hilarious myth that "company management" is this all-encompassing task that only the very best people in the world can do instead of a bunch of very menial tasks that would be easily taken on by a handful of staff instead of one person.
For small companies in particular, for larger companies they already have a staff dedicated to management and still pretend like the CEO does something unique or important.
a bunch of very menial tasks that would be easily taken on by ~~a handful of staff~~ an LLM
You're so right! I have updated your statement to better reflect the best management trends in 2026.
How about a system where:
-people petition and propose plans to start businesses including who’s going to run it. This shows that people want the business and are serious.
-startup costs are covered by taxes
-workers take over once the business is stable and a leadership vote is held.
-businesses can’t buy other businesses
-set criteria and a timeline for a business to be considered stable and fold it if it doesn’t meet either of those.
-businesses pay taxes and people do not.
Or something like that. I don’t know, I’m just spit-balling here.
The number of anti-socialist arguments that are repackaged anti-democracy arguments is very high.