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
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/06/2026"Why didn't I fire my college buddy when I found out that he was sexually abusing his colleagues? Well, he was the best salesman on the team, and I have an obligation to my shareholders. Sorry, my hands were tied." 18/ 1688
ajparkes.bsky.social @ajparkes.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Yes....thank you Ronald Reagan for the "greed is good" "shareholder value" 80s.... 100
cquenelle.bsky.social @cquenelle.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Making your company a moral company produces lots of shareholder value. It's just not the kind of value they were thinking of. In their mind "Shareholder value" means exactly "making money is all that matters for companies, morals are not our concern" 010
