None of this is credible without an argument about what will replace the profit motive. Altruism doesn't count because it obv doesn't work.
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If the workers owned the means of production and got the profits, would workers would also want profit, and still tell the CEO to seek it?
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In issues not directly related to workers' rights, why does a CEO care if he's serving the stockholders or the workers? Both want $$$
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That would work if company's workers owned the company, but not if all workers everywhere owned all companies collectively.
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Because "all workers . . . collectively" could not exercise agency / oversight directly, and their intermediaries need a motive, etc. etc.
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Suppose 1 million people own Apple stock now. Why does 200 million people owning it cause different dynamic?
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What happens to the people who hold stock in companies that fail? Do they stop participating in collective ownership, or get new stock?
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Are you asking me? I am not a socialist and am confused what people mean by it.
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Oh, sorry, I guess we are on the same page.
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