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0 pointsrorykoehler5y ago0 comments

I don't want that capital though. All it's doing is ossifying the power structures that are the cause of the major problems we are facing. It's a trap.

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andrepd5y ago

Indeed. Who are these people, why do they get to decide what gets built and what do people labour on? I want democratisation of capital.

closeparen5y ago

Sure, democratize capital. Then it will be decided by a few thousand voters in swing states, with “who are you and why should you get to decide” problems that put VC to shame.

A lot of VC capital is democratized: an elected official appointed a pension fund manager who decided to allocate some funds to a particular VC firm.

andrepd5y ago

Who said anything about swing states, and how is an opaque political appointment a democratic way to decide anything?

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0 pointsrorykoehler5y ago0 comments

I don't want that capital though. All it's doing is ossifying the power structures that are the cause of the major problems we are facing. It's a trap.

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andrepd5y ago

Indeed. Who are these people, why do they get to decide what gets built and what do people labour on? I want democratisation of capital.

closeparen5y ago

Sure, democratize capital. Then it will be decided by a few thousand voters in swing states, with “who are you and why should you get to decide” problems that put VC to shame.

A lot of VC capital is democratized: an elected official appointed a pension fund manager who decided to allocate some funds to a particular VC firm.

andrepd5y ago

Who said anything about swing states, and how is an opaque political appointment a democratic way to decide anything?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse