Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world to General Discussion@lemmy.world · 5 months agoEvery company should be owned by its employeeswww.elysian.pressexternal-linkmessage-square177fedilinkarrow-up1748arrow-down137cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
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minus-squareJ Lou@mastodon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoThere would still be limited liability. Furthermore, they can share risks with investors, and self-insure against risk as well @general
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoInsurance FTW; investors defeat the whole purpose.
minus-squareJ Lou@mastodon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoWhy do investors defeat the whole purpose? @general
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoDo investors not own part of the company? They can hold the company hostage in exchange for their capital, even if they can’t vote. btw you seem to be outputting [@general](https://lemmy.world/c/general) at the bottom of your posts.
minus-squareCommunityLinkFixerBot@lemmings.worldBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoHi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !general@lemmy.world
minus-squareJ Lou@mastodon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoCan you give an example in the case where investors hold non-voting preferred shares? I’m not sure how cross posting works from Mastodon to Lemmy. I thought I had to do that to get boosted by the group
There would still be limited liability. Furthermore, they can share risks with investors, and self-insure against risk as well @general
Insurance FTW; investors defeat the whole purpose.
Why do investors defeat the whole purpose? @general
Do investors not own part of the company? They can hold the company hostage in exchange for their capital, even if they can’t vote.
btw you seem to be outputting
[@general](https://lemmy.world/c/general)at the bottom of your posts.Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !general@lemmy.world
Can you give an example in the case where investors hold non-voting preferred shares?
I’m not sure how cross posting works from Mastodon to Lemmy. I thought I had to do that to get boosted by the group