I'm not sure it would 'work' either, but I'm curious what you think would be broken about it? It would probably make companies less interested in going public,

I'm not sure it would 'work' either, but I'm curious what you think would be broken about it? It would probably make companies less interested in going public, but I like how it changes the meaning of a 'public' company to be more pro-social than just 'anyone in the investor class can purchase shares'.