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> The ideal of democracy is not that whoever has the most power should have the loudest voice. The ideal of democracy is that everyone has an equal vote, no ma
by jdmichal 8y ago
> The ideal of democracy is not that whoever has the most power should have the loudest voice.
The ideal of democracy is that everyone has an equal vote, no matter how loud their voice. Anything else is basically reminiscent of Harrison Bergeron. [0]
(And, in this case, the entity with a voice here does not even have a vote! Though its individual workers and owners and stakeholders do.)
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron
- ForrestN 8y agoThe concept of “personhood” for corporations has really done a number in the collective consciousness.