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xub3rn00dlex
22nd June 2011, 01:06
I know that there have been a few threads discussing owning stocks and investing in them, to which there have been a variety of differing views in reply.

My question is, would it be bad to own stocks under the condition we would own 51% of the company? Would this not allow us to become the wielders of majority power and be able to take the company in our direction? I have no knowledge of stocks yet, as my education in economics has not reached that level yet. Any responses are much appreciated. Thank You.
Broletariat
22nd June 2011, 01:07
If you owned over 51% of the company, you'd be bourgeoise or petty-bourgeoise.

There's nothing wrong with that though, you can still be a Communist.
xub3rn00dlex
22nd June 2011, 01:29
If you owned over 51% of the company, you'd be bourgeoise or petty-bourgeoise.

There's nothing wrong with that though, you can still be a Communist.

Yes I understand I'd be "bourgeoise/petty bourgeoise" but what about collectively owning that 51%? Like lets say 1000 revolutionaries bout 51% of Apple [because I actually enjoy their OS, even though it's free!] and we'd be labeled "bourgeoise," we could still be revolutionary leftists even if we'd be labeled as doing so for idealist reasons instead of necessity. I have no quarrel with that nor care, as I know that I'm a leftist at heart. My question is, if we owned 51%, we could actively work to communize it, and surrender the company to it's workers. Is it in theory possible to destroy the market [stock market or w/e] by doing this?