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Re:German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate sca... by tyre on Monday May 26, 2025 @01:56PM (#44099844)
Matt Levine:

“I find all of this so weird because of how it elevates finance. [Various cases] imply that we are not entitled to be protected from pollution as citizens, or as humans. [Another] implies that we are not entitled to be told the truth as citizens. (Which: is true!) Rather, in each case, we are only entitled to be protected from lies as shareholders. The great harm of pollution, or of political dishonesty, is that it might lower the share prices of the companies we own.”

Re:German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate sca... by Brian_K_White on Monday May 26, 2025 @03:20PM (#44100673)
Similarly Elizabeth Holmes (In jail, but not for providing bad medical services.)
Re:German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate sca... by immibis on Monday May 26, 2025 @04:28PM (#44101353)
Obviously the solution is to buy one share in every company.
Re:German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate sca... by rsynnott on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @04:44AM (#44105081)
Or just one share in a whole-of-market index fund.
Re:German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate sca... by immibis on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @04:51AM (#44105108)
I suspect you need an actual share in the company to qualify for shareholder protections. A share in a fund is a share in a fund, not a share in each company the fund has shares in.
Re:German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate sca... by mrguyorama on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @03:14PM (#44109879)