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by throwie_wayward 1368 days ago
I consider it morally wrong for a system (this system) to expect people who essentially embody a company to not be considered to own the company. This means that such people do not own what they do (and have done). I consider that if I do something by right it belongs to me.

I don't really buy into the idea that we are freely selling what we do to our employer company and that therefore the company gets to own what we did.

An employee and a company are two very different kinds of entities; a market transaction should happens between comparable kinds of entities, which a company and an employee aren't.

It would be as if your own organs and cells were not considered part of you and so you'd have to pay them for doing their thing...

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That's an unusual and interesting take. Can you give an example of how you'd make the system more equitable?
worker owned companies being the norm rather than the exception would be nice