> Hardly, it's quite a clear relationship and exercised constantly - if you do the math re: share classes and look at what a corporation actually does.

Look at the stock market. Out of billion trades maybe one is related to actual ownership of actual company. “Shares are mostly casino tokens tied to the success of a company - or rather, the perception thereof.

> In democratic countries, we pass laws and let that do the talking. If the gov't owns direct shares, whoever is in charge of the gov't is de-facto the 'controller' of them, eh?

It could be shares without any control rights. Still reduces the amount of resources outside of democratic control. Not by taking control yourself but by removing it from unelected individuals.

And yet Zuck (as majority actual shareholder) has everyone by the balls at Meta.

That everyone retail seems okay buying shitty share classes doesn’t change what I’m saying, just that most retail investors are chumps.

So you want the gov’t to be an even bigger chump?