Re:Letter from a Young Distributist: Georgism and Distributism
by skybrian on Friday April 29, 2022 @11:18AM
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This is not true, or at least not at larger conpanies. Company stock is just an investment; it gives you almost no say in decision-making unless you have a huge amount.
Employees get more influence (not control) over what happens by working at the company and contributing to internal discussions. That's mostly gone when you leave.
One early way in which this could be easily done - and which tech companies are leading the way in - is to normalise the idea of workers in a company being given company equity. While it is still a long way off from actually owning the means of production, it should become normal and expected for full time salaried employees to be given a share of ownership in the company. Otherwise, full time employees are simply contractors with extra perks. Having a stake in the company you work for means that companies are actually controlled and owned by the workers, not controlled and owned by the highest bidding investors.