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Re:Companies Shouldn’t Be Accountable Only to Shareholders by chatmasta on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @12:10PM (#17767156)
No, I’m arguing against applying democracy as a solution to any problem that seems too hard to solve. “Fuck it, we’ll vote on it!” is a lazy solution.
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Re:Companies Shouldn’t Be Accountable Only to Shareholders by maym86 on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @12:16PM (#17767201)
> “Fuck it, we’ll vote on it!” is a lazy solution.

It's a far better solution than no option at all. If people make a bad choice they'll just be back to where they started, with people in charge who care little about their welfare.

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Re:Companies Shouldn’t Be Accountable Only to Shareholders by dragonwriter on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @12:19PM (#17767223)
Democracy is only selected as a solution to the problem of “how do we select among competing solutions when different people weigh the pros and cons differently”. It is not, itself, chosen as the solution to other problems.
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Re:Companies Shouldn’t Be Accountable Only to Shareholders by genericid on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @12:46PM (#17767472)
Democracy is not a solution looking for a problem, it's a basic right.
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