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by derefr 1029 days ago
I mean, that’s fine, no? As long as regular non-manager employees are still on the corporation’s Board, the managerial class (CEO et al) still all have the Board’s sword of Damocles dangling over their neck at all times.
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In theory. In practice things will evolve in subtle ways that will effectively insulate managers - scheduling meetings at unconvenient times, passing rules that allow for fewer and fewer people to make big decisions, etc.

I mean, even regular businesses in practice end up this way - nominally with lots of shareholders, practically run by (and for) a few powerful individuals. That's why we have a concept of "activist shareholder" - in theory all of them should be "active" but in practice almost no one is, so the few who do are labelled (and often "bought" one way or another).