Why are many businesses in democratic nations largely undemocratic? (lemm.ee)

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[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 5 points 12 hours ago

You can use all of these same arguments to argue against democracy in nations, too. The average person has no idea how the nation works, all of the ins and outs of government, to say nothing of the larger global stage. Clearly what we need is a monarchy!

[-] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

That's a false equivalence though as private businesses and governments are not the same.

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 29 minutes ago* (last edited 20 minutes ago)

How so? As I said, the reasons you gave would apply to both. Most citizens are not educated in political science; they don't understand foreign policy, etc.

Should the janitorial staff have equal says as to the executives in how funds should be allocated? Do we recognize that not everyone has the same skill set and level of skill as others?

We don't vote for how the government allocates funds, though. We vote for representatives who do that for us. It could be much the same in corporations: you would get to vote for your bosses.

[-] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 minutes ago

Because they have distinctly separate goals and purposes

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