“We are sure it will work because it’s never been tried!”

I believe the Germans have had success with including labor representatives on corporate boards. Maybe we can start there.

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mplanchard 3 hours ago | parent [-]

This is a shallow dismissal of GP’s point. The point is more, “we aren’t sure it won’t work because it has never been tried,” which is much less of a straw man to argue with.

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jimbokun 3 hours ago | parent [-]

No.

There was an unequivocal claim that it will work better than our current system.

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sarchertech 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They said

“Acting like centrally planned dictatorships is a good form of collaboration is just so off base. There's no reason to think that introducing democracy into the work place wouldn't immediately benefit both workers + customers.”

That sounds more like there’s no evidence that it won’t work than an unequivocal claim that it will.

	▲	AnimalMuppet 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Well... there is historical evidence that centrally planned dictatorships are not a very responsive form of government. Now, corporations usually have the problem of competition, so if they aren't responsive (or at least responsive enough), they get out-competed by those that are. Is that enough to make them different from governments? Perhaps, but I don't know.

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mplanchard 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Could you quote that? I don’t see it.