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Nobody would even attempt to run a company like that. You wouldn't give a checkout assistant the same say in a company as the CEO. Why do we suppose it's a good

• dragonwriter 13y ago
  > Nobody would even attempt to run a company like that. Citizens of a country run by representative democracy are like equal-equity shareholders in a corporation. > You wouldn't give a checkout assistant the same say in a company as the CEO. You would in things done by vote of the shareholders if they were each equal in that regard. Of course, those kind of things are mostly (1) ratifying or rejecting certain major decisions proposed by other equal members or by management (like the initiative/referendum process in many US states and some national governments) and (2) choosing the board of director and certain officers (like the proces of normal elections in most representative governments.) Which covers, pretty much, the things done by elections in most representative governments. So, no, I don't think the difference you claim is at all valid.
• davidw 13y ago
  > Nobody would even attempt to run a company like that. Nobody would ever attempt to run a monastery like a bar, either.