The worst three things that can happen to a company are an MBA, going public and private equity. (And to any trolls, no, co-ops are not “going public.”)
Capitalists actively weaken strong, healthy commerce.
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2026
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CEO should be a position where people take turns doing it. Like the anarcho-syndicalist peasants in Monty Python.
But all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting, by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs...
Or by a two thirds majority in the case of external affairs.
It makes so much sense!
The hilarious myth that "company management" is this all-encompassing task that only the very best people in the world can do instead of a bunch of very menial tasks that would be easily taken on by a handful of staff instead of one person.
For small companies in particular, for larger companies they already have a staff dedicated to management and still pretend like the CEO does something unique or important.
A good CEO knows the right people outside the company. No company operates on its own. They all have suppliers, partners, customers, competitors, a market, media, regulatory bodies, etc.
A CEO that’s on good terms with leaders of relevant companies, government, unions, lobbying organizations, journalists, politicians, etc. is a real asset to a company.
Convincing investors to hand over money, local government to expedite construction permits, lawmakers to pass sensible regulation, suppliers to trust a long term relationship, media to cover positively, etc. all work better when the other side deals with one person they can trust, instead of an ever changing committee.
For large companies a CEO also has the role of representation the company externally to the public and internally to the workers. A symbolic master of ceremonies brings cohesion, culture, unified vision, ritual, structure. A CEO is also the person to make the hard unpopular but necessary decisions. This makes him a scapegoat, also a very useful role. Everyone can blame the CEO for everything bad.
A CEO is supposed to be a leader, not a manager.
a bunch of very menial tasks that would be easily taken on by ~~a handful of staff~~ an LLM
You're so right! I have updated your statement to better reflect the best management trends in 2026.
How about a system where:
-people petition and propose plans to start businesses including who’s going to run it. This shows that people want the business and are serious.
-startup costs are covered by taxes
-workers take over once the business is stable and a leadership vote is held.
-businesses can’t buy other businesses
-set criteria and a timeline for a business to be considered stable and fold it if it doesn’t meet either of those.
-businesses pay taxes and people do not.
Or something like that. I don’t know, I’m just spit-balling here.
The number of anti-socialist arguments that are repackaged anti-democracy arguments is very high.