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Interesting idea for non-profits, but for-profit companies work fundamentally different from nations so irrelevant in that case. "user" is a voluntary concept,
by cocktailpeanuts 9y ago
Interesting idea for non-profits, but for-profit companies work fundamentally different from nations so irrelevant in that case.
"user" is a voluntary concept, unlike nationality. So if you don't like a company you simply stop using products from the company, that's how you "vote".
- sharemywin 9y agoLarge infrastructure is usually hard to stop using though. Should I stop using eletricity? or cars? or facebook? I could live like a hermit but that's not exactly realistic. There's some talk of twitter becoming benefits corporation. Not sure that goes far enough, why not allow users to vote or decide delegates to vote.
- sharemywin 9y agoFYI, on a benefit corporation in case anyone hasn't heard of them. Save a google search. In the United States, a benefit corporation is a type of for-profit corporate entity, authorized by 30 U.S. states and the District of Columbia that includes positive impact on society, workers, the community and the environment in addition to profit as its legally defined goals.