▲ 602 ▼ You Used To Be Cool. Pfft, Sell Out (lemmy.world) submitted 20 hours ago by OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 11 points 15 hours ago (1 child) That's the reason we should get rid of publicly traded companies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 10 points 15 hours ago (1 child) Then you would still have private equity firms fucking everyone over, but with even less regulatory oversight. I think publicly traded companies should be nationalized under an independent and thoroughly-audited oversight body accountable to the taxpayers, and any profits generated should be distributed to fund public works, social services, welfare benefits, and civil sector orgs. And the idea of infinite growth needs to be abandoned entirely. These major internet companies need to be viewed as a public utility, and their goal should be to provide stable, reliable, quality services rather than churn an endless profit. This can only be done after nationalizing them though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 14 hours ago (1 child) One step after another, and don't look down. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Photonic@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago The US can’t even ban elected officials from trading stocks. It has a president who openly brags about his own grift and nobody does a thing. I don’t think it’s going to happen soon… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 10 points 15 hours ago (1 child) Then you would still have private equity firms fucking everyone over, but with even less regulatory oversight. I think publicly traded companies should be nationalized under an independent and thoroughly-audited oversight body accountable to the taxpayers, and any profits generated should be distributed to fund public works, social services, welfare benefits, and civil sector orgs. And the idea of infinite growth needs to be abandoned entirely. These major internet companies need to be viewed as a public utility, and their goal should be to provide stable, reliable, quality services rather than churn an endless profit. This can only be done after nationalizing them though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 14 hours ago (1 child) One step after another, and don't look down. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Photonic@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago The US can’t even ban elected officials from trading stocks. It has a president who openly brags about his own grift and nobody does a thing. I don’t think it’s going to happen soon… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 14 hours ago (1 child) One step after another, and don't look down. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Photonic@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago The US can’t even ban elected officials from trading stocks. It has a president who openly brags about his own grift and nobody does a thing. I don’t think it’s going to happen soon… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago The US can’t even ban elected officials from trading stocks. It has a president who openly brags about his own grift and nobody does a thing. I don’t think it’s going to happen soon… permalink fedilink source parent