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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by RobotCaleb on Thursday October 16, 2025 @01:39PM (#45608354)
Yeah, because you as the shareholder are worth more to the company and society than the people at the company.
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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by terminalshort on Thursday October 16, 2025 @03:07PM (#45609423)
Considering he paid to be a shareholder, and the company is paying the employees to be there, that makes sense.
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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by yunyu on Thursday October 16, 2025 @02:17PM (#45608845)
The goal of most companies is to maximize returns to shareholders, not society or employees. If it wasn't that I wouldn't have invested.
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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by bcrosby95 on Thursday October 16, 2025 @03:45PM (#45609863)
It's part of the social contract. Corps and limited liability don't have to exist - they aren't some natural thing, they are something we made up because its useful to society.

Once it stops being useful we can axe them.

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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by RobotCaleb on Thursday October 16, 2025 @03:27PM (#45609658)
I'm not saying that you're wrong, just implying that it's not right.
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