[renegade-otter]

It's like accusing a pig of being a pig. Pig gonna do what pig does. What DOESN'T work is legally-enforced "norms" that we the people decide everyone has to follow.

Businesses are "people" now, according to the US Supreme Court, so it's our job to make them face consequences if they refuse to behave like actual "humans" bound by laws. But it's only if we elect representatives who are not corrupt grifters.

[fogzen]

Is it really so crazy to extend democracy to the enterprise?

[dirtbag__dad]

I think so. People will behave in the guardrails they are provided. If we have a problem with those rails, then in the US at least, democracy is (ostensibly maybe) the tool to make them more aligned with what we want.

[esseph]

Absolutely, unless we're going to start jailing tons of executives from tons of companies.

[queenkjuul]

Sounds good to me

[underlipton]

I think we just need to get rid of corporate personhood. If you want to do something big, you need to have skin in the game. Criminal prosecution for corporate action taken under your purview should be more common. If you can't handle the heat, just come watch TV with the rest of us plebs.

[phendrenad2]

Yeah, corporate personhood feels very much like the kinds of "elegant" hacks people like to use, like "who needs dropbox when FTP works fine". It's not a good match for the problem domain, but it's been stretched to fit. The unintended consequences are things we're battling to this day.