Half of the us population being shareholders doesn’t translate to a seat the table economically, not to mention is a red herring to the topic The real issue is

Half of the us population being shareholders doesn’t translate to a seat the table economically, not to mention is a red herring to the topic The real issue is that there is legal doctrine that makes it hard for businesses to not be dominated by their largest investors / shareholders in such a way that extracting short term profits every quarter has taken precedence over building healthy sustainable businesses. Everyone is chasing the absolute most % of profit to the detriment to even the business