Thread: Workers as Share-Holders

Originally Posted by Supernova

In other words, communism.

I am distinguishing between actual communism and the practice of communism/misconceptions of communism. Forgive me for not ignoring the commonly held (but misconstrued) definition of the philosophy.

Anyways, this hybrid form you guys are talking about isn't exactly what I had in mind because it's too easy to cheat the workers or, as someone pointed out, make them think they're getting paid in stock when they really just want a paycheck.

I'm thinking, since Walmart was brought up, that the Walton's should only own as much stock as would be due a manager, which should not be too much more than what the average worker gets. I think industry is the root of power and therefore democracy can only work when it starts within industry, with the employees electing their overseers, and deciding the direction of their company, rather than being subject to this antiquated system.