• dreadgoat@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Ford is one of the most fascinating people in recent history, it’s a shame to boil him down to “antisemitic car man”

    Reading through his wiki is like :D D: :D D: :D D:
    The guy was the definition of a mad genius. An authoritarian anti-war socially progressive union-buster. That description doesn’t even make sense, but that’s who he was.

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      1 year ago

      This also points to why private businesses are better than publicly traded businesses. Private business owners can do whatever the fuck they like, good or bad, meanwhile public businesses are legally obligated to pursue profits above all else on behalf of their shareholders.

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        1 year ago

        The better option is the co-opt.

        Workers owning the business and working to make it better for themselves.