Comment on Workers Create Value

• Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  It’s more that investing in the place you work sucks because you know how shit of an investment it is. Most people would rather own shares in the s&p500 than their place of work.

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  • Grayox@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Investment Capital should not be a prerequisite for workers to own their means of production.

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    • EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I just think production machinery should be properly lubricated. You types always talk about it seizing.

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    • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      It’s not a prerequisite. It’s just an option that’s available to anyone who wants to own part of a publicly traded company. If you want to own it in the traditional sense go be a tradie plenty of tradies run their own operations.

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    • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      So they should just be made responsible for tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment because they worked there for a week.

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      • Grayox@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Yes workplaces should be a democracy, not the dictatorships that they currently are.

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      • isaaclw@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Nobody said anything like that. Keep straw-manning I guess?

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  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    And yet the C-level doesn’t mind being paid in shares.

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    • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I think thats for the following reasons. Because the c manager understands the value of investment long term and they believe they can impact the company in a positive way. They also likely have more disposable income.

      A factory line worker has very little control over the performance of the company. He wants his weekly pay to be in full cash and that’s it because he either has less disposable income or doesnt understand the value of investment.

      If the line worker wants to invest he would likely invest in another company than his own unless his company was preforming exceptionally well.

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      • Excrubulent@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        If workers were the owners they would also have decision-making power.

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