Rissa (rissasreading)’s Reviews > Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism > Status Update

"WSDE's are different because shareholders don't make up the board and ownership is done by the workers. But ownership can take a traditional form of shares on the market"
DUDE YOU ARE REINVENTING THE FUCKING WHEEL LMAO

I kind of don't see this idea as being beneficial I hate to say it... I think some workplaces and industries can benefit from this but not all.
Plus it just seems to make a new division of labor between "surplus" and "enabler" laborers. Plus the idea of how this benefits laid off employees seems like it doesn't take into account WHY layoffs happen

For a book written with the intention of offering a new system to operate in I can't believe we're only just starting to talk about his ideas

An interesting thought I had when he mentioned how Roosevelt kinda offered something new when he was in power by speaking to both sides is that anyone who supported him then was kind of a "radical" and it would be hypocritical for them to condemn young people today for choosing something new as well

Also shout-out to the man who wrote this understanding women's double-days