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I argue it's democracy. (That can save Nations and presumably companies) Imagine voting for the CEO. Imagine voting to allocate budgets. Yes there will be a
by lifeisstillgood 4y ago
I argue it's democracy. (That can save Nations and presumably companies)
Imagine voting for the CEO. Imagine voting to allocate budgets. Yes there will be a lot of pork barrel- but it might just work.
I mean the idea that companies are like single cells / autonoma so they don't have to be democratic leads us to silly ideas like trying to put in place rules for not abusing the electorate.
I mean if a boss is sexually harassing all the female staff and then asks for their vote at the next manager election, you won't need HR intervention to get rid of him.
I have no idea truly how this might work, but I do think that if the employees of a company voted how to run it you might find some unusual outcomes.
- grayclhn 4y agoYou vote by changing jobs. I think “real governments” make it clear that this isn’t sufficient to thwart harassment though.
- nonrandomstring 4y ago> You vote by changing jobs. Like you vote by moving country.
- edgyquant 4y agoMaybe but that can also stifle innovation. If Netflix had been a democracy they likely wouldn’t have voted to switch to the unproven online streaming business, etc.
- lifeisstillgood 4y agoReally? I mean that was what 2000? 2002? Peak dotcom time. I don't agree with the decisions all these humans sometimes make (cough Brexit cough), but that's not the point - as long as we don't vote away democracy, as long as we trust the other side has everyone's best interests at heart, then we can manage