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by WarOnPrivacy 313 days ago
> We should demand not to subsidize the richest companies in the world.

Not without overturning Dodge Bros vs Ford, I believe. The ruling created shareholder primacy, the privilege of shareholders to have maximum bites of the corporate apple. It rigidly protects shareholder (and by ext, executive) interests.

The never-ending wealth that flows from that - first buys politicians, then officials, judges and (eventually) every part of regulation & corporate oversight.

ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_v._Ford_Motor_Co.