Re: Socialism, again

From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Sun Nov 03 2002 - 00:03:58 MST


Mike Lorrey wrote:
> --- Charlie Stross <charlie@antipope.org> wrote:
>
>>If you worked for a dot com and had stock options, you
>>were participating in a socialist scheme.

> No, because ONLY a dot com where ALL stock is owned ONLY by employees,
> and their ownership is entirely in proportion to their contribution to
> the company, minus salary and benefits used for living expenses or
> otherwise taken out of the enterprise.

Socialism is fine with me, so long as it is voluntary.
An employee owned company, no problem. Voluntary. A
mini-borg that acts a bit like a super-corporation, fine,
so long as its participants always have a clear path
to opt out at any time. spike



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