• SCB@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Shareholders are key investors and are the principal drivers of M&A and infrastructure investment.

    Disagreeing with the idea that companies exist to drive shareholder returns does not change the actual purpose of shareholders, nor suddenly cause them to be rent-seekers.

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      10 months ago

      You brought an economics argument to a rage thread. OP isn’t making a technical claim when they say “rent seeking behavior”, they’re angry and using it as a synonym for “greedy people”.

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        I don’t tilt at these windmills for the people arguing nonsense, but for people scrolling by.