Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented wealth creators

Re:Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented... by hueving on Sunday May 29, 2016 @05:51PM (#11798396)

>Given that there are no owners, to the employees seems reasonable

By what standard? Does a new employee get the same percentage as every other employee? If so, how is that fair when certain positions objectively have much more impact on the success of the company? If not, who decides allocations for new employees and who the allocations should come from?

Also, who is going to put up the capital in the first place to start the business if there is no return?

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Re:Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented... by EliRivers on Sunday May 29, 2016 @07:13PM (#11798672)

These are all questions that have answers. Such companies do already exist in Western liberal democracies operating roughly capitalist economies. You can find these answers yourself if you choose to. You can probably even think of some ideas yourself. We don't have to accept the economic system we are told is the one true way. We've seen where treating the economy like a religion leads.

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Re:Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented... by hueving on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @12:37AM (#11804593)

If there were reasonable answers, you would have provided them. The reason you haven't is because they generally aren't sustainable and do not work. If they did, that model would quickly take over because employees would exclusively seek out companies where they are granted ownership without any capital commitment.

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Re:Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented... by EliRivers on Sunday June 12, 2016 @05:47PM (#11890430)

Companies do exist that are owned by their employees, and yet people do also get jobs at other companies that are not owned by the employees.

These facts would appear to contradict your statements.

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