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That's a good question: Why not? The USA "ideals" taught in school say that democracy and democratic republics are the best forms of government.... yet (almost
by noasaservice 4y ago
That's a good question: Why not?
The USA "ideals" taught in school say that democracy and democratic republics are the best forms of government.... yet (almost) all our companies are autocratic dictatorships.
- candiddevmike 4y agoBecause it's under the guise of meritocracy, where if you just work hard enough, say 60 hours a week, you too can become CEO someday.
- noasaservice 4y ago"Meritocracy " isn't a thing, since the "merit deciders" (ala kingmakers) decide whatever they want. (Or the next question in that line: who decides what merit is and who has it?) And, the gist also has very strong vibes of Ronald Wright's misattributed John Steinbeck's quote: “John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/328134-john-steinbeck-once-said-that-socialism-never-took-root-in https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/328134-john-steinbeck-once-...
- JohnJamesRambo 4y ago60 hours of golf is a lot.
- twblalock 4y agoThe actual machinery of government is not a democracy either. People who work at Federal agencies have to do what their managers tell them to do. We elect the head of the executive branch. The rest of it is basically run like a bunch of corporations. We certainly don't elect the people who work at the IRS, for example.
- robotresearcher 4y agoThe people to whom the org is responsible are the (Greek) demos[1]. For governments, this is the people. For corporations, this is the shareholders. Corporations are somewhat democratic WRT their demos. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demos https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demos