• TherouxSonfeir@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    No company had to go public. It’s just legalized gambling, but with dire impact on global economies.

    I don’t have the answers to all of your questions, but that doesn’t mean I’m wrong.

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      9 months ago

      And I’m sure plenty of companies have regretted going public, and now, they’re stuck with it.

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      9 months ago

      It doesn’t mean you’re wrong, but it does change the way you fight it, Tson Feir. Innocent companies are trapped in the system you are trying to free them from, and you are opting for the financial equivalent of an Israeli air strike. For somebody who doesn’t want a dire impact on global economies, you sure seem to condone actions that will have a dire impact on global economies.

      The stock market is not totally random. The value of stock is tied to the value of companies decently well, Gamestop-style fucketry notwithstanding.

      My main problem with the stock market isn’t that it doesn’t work, or it’s too random. It is working as intended. The problem with it is that it allows control over a company to be bought and sold without the consent of the company’s employees. It is not slavery, because the employees can look for a job at another company if they don’t like the new owners. But, like, it’s also not not slavery. Disreputable people with, in their opinion, not enough money (cough cough Twitter), can sell their workers to other disreputable people with too much money (cough cough Musk). This is capitalism—its very definition. And it’s becoming a real problem.

      Sensible countries have already begun putting the brakes on this madness. I believe Germany requires all companies above a certain size to be 40% owned by its employees, and other European countries have similar rules. I think that is a very good compromise. And nobody has to cyanoacrylate themselves to a stock market in order for this to happen.

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        9 months ago

        It’s all GameStop fuckery. It’s all about profit. I’m not talking about these silly day traders on YouTube but the hundreds of billions of dollars that can shift the economy. It’s disgusting. People get hurt either way.

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          9 months ago

          Well, it’s all fuckery, but not all of it is of the GameStop variety. You should really read more about what happened with GameStop. Specifically, look for the words “short squeeze”.

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              9 months ago

              Well, I brought up GameStop because it’s an example of the stock market not working as intended. I’m saying the stock market usually works as intended. And it is intended as a means of buying and selling companies, their assets, liabilities, and crucially, their employees.

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                  9 months ago

                  You’re saying it usually does not function properly as a means of buying and selling control over companies? Because Musk bought his first big piece of Twitter on the stock market. That’s an example of the stock market working as intended. I would argue that this is how the stock market usually works. This is not gambling. This is the purchase of a tangible asset.