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by RobotCaleb 253 days ago
Yeah, because you as the shareholder are worth more to the company and society than the people at the company.
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terminalshort 253 days ago
Considering he paid to be a shareholder, and the company is paying the employees to be there, that makes sense.
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yunyu 253 days ago
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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bcrosby95 253 days ago
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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RobotCaleb 253 days ago
I'm not saying that you're wrong, just implying that it's not right.
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