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Re:WeWork’s CEO Makes Millions as Landlord to WeWork by Ericson2314 on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @11:09AM (#18922023)
Non-voting shares especially illustrate at least one of two things:

1. How divorced the financial markets are from the real economy.

2. How broken all our voting systems are.

Choose your narrative.

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Re:WeWork’s CEO Makes Millions as Landlord to WeWork by anongraddebt on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @04:39PM (#18925600)
Both.

2008 didn't substantively re-tether the financial markets to the real economy.

Governance mechanisms are beginning to crack.

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