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Re:GitHub is going down almost every day around the same time by xtian on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @06:04PM (#35894114)
What percent of boards in the US are staffed by Democrats and Republicans (our one party with two names)?
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Re:GitHub is going down almost every day around the same time by vorpalhex on Thursday May 11, 2023 @10:33AM (#35902696)
CCP party membership is 6.7% of the population. It is restricted and a point of honor and power to be a party member.

6.7% of the country runs 92% of the boardrooms.

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Re:GitHub is going down almost every day around the same time by xtian on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:02PM (#35905863)
So no answer to my question. In the US can anyone be a corporate board member? Or is it gated by myriad social factors such as having attended an elite B school and proving yourself as a loyal servant of Wall Street bankers?
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Re:GitHub is going down almost every day around the same time by shrimp_emoji on Thursday May 11, 2023 @10:36AM (#35902746)
> our one party with two names

... If you're not a woman, gay, trans, black, poor, ...

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Re:GitHub is going down almost every day around the same time by xtian on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:01PM (#35905842)
Do you not live in the US or what?
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