By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/06/2026Whether it's "make as much money as possible" or "*try* to make as much money as possible*," shareholder supremacy can only be evaluated with the aid of a crystal ball...or a time machine. 15/ 1270
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/06/2026Which raises a question: what made this nonsensical shareholder supremacy standard so damned attractive to corporate leaders? Well, what if the ambiguity of shareholder supremacy was a feature and not a bug? 16/ 1371
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/06/2026What if the function of shareholder supremacy was to absolve the cruelest people for indulging their most sociopathic instincts? What if this "bright line test" was actually a *universal excuse*, an all-purpose accountability sink that could be used to justify any cruelty or cowardice? 17/ 39121
