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Employees — especially those in the executive suite — have all the power they need to influence the company. They are there, every day, making every decision.
Employees — especially those in the executive suite — have all the power they need to influence the company. They are there, every day, making every decision.
[[File:Water Scarcity.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Well, if it were up to me I’d spend more time managing the risk in my loan book tbh.]]
 
Of course the disenfranchised minorities at the margins of our community need a voice. As we argue [[Critical theory|elsewhere]], an optimal society is pluralistic, tolerant, defends those at the margins and, [[all other things being equal]], prefers their interests when they conflict with a majority that is perfectly able to look after itself. But the question is not ''whether'' to protect their interests, but ''how''. There are plenty of better ways than through stakeholder capitalism: representative democracy, for a start.  
Of course the disenfranchised minorities at the margins of our community need a voice. As we argue [[Critical theory|elsewhere]], an optimal society is pluralistic, tolerant, defends those at the margins and, [[all other things being equal]], prefers their interests when they conflict with a majority that is perfectly able to look after itself. But the question is not ''whether'' to protect their interests, but ''how''. There are plenty of better ways than through stakeholder capitalism: representative democracy, for a start.