• wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
    10·
    8 days ago

    You’re missing a crucial point: that the system is rotten doesn’t excuse the rotten people perpetuating it and you can’t dismantle the system while keeping the people propping it up in place.

    I think you’re making GPs point. However, “the people propping up the system” aren’t just CEOs. This is proven by the fact that a CEO trying to act in a better way is removed. It all comes down to Dodge Vs Ford Motor Co.. The people in power are shareholders and they are the hedge funds of wall street.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      91·
      8 days ago

      I think you’re making GPs point

      No, I’m expounding on mine in order to illustrate that his is too limited.

      the people propping up the system" aren’t just CEOs

      I KNOW. Hence the farmers and industry associations in my tortured mixed metaphor.

      This is proven by the fact that a CEO trying to act in a better way is removed

      Which is a unicorn that doesn’t excuse the behavior of the horses.

      . It all comes down to Dodge Vs Ford Motor Co..

      Nope. There you go artificially shrinking the issue again. Shareholder power IS a significant part of the problem, of course, but it’s not the entire problem.

      The people in power are shareholders and they are the hedge funds of wall street.

      Those are other parts of the whole system we need to get rid of, yes. Still doesn’t mean that abusive horses CEOs are powerless or that it isn’t beneficial to get rid of them.