Some talk as if more attention & engagement regarding negative subjects/issues is normal or how people's brains work, so I'm curious about studies into the other angle on this.
That is, to what degree people may be drawn to and discuss more positive subjects.
Cool! What is it?
Because I would expect people in democratic nations to value democracy and see it as worth exercising in business. This is in part as I see democracy as a formal way of referring to being open to discussion of opinions and ideas in organizing any group.
Why would you want to be part of any group that may reject open discussion of its organization?
Say articles on scientific research progress, effective disease prevention/mitigation, successful restoration projects of environments on the brink or of historical buildings/artifacts, etc.
Subjects like this related to efforts to help, maintain, and/or improve matters.
Are shitposts still shitposts if they're in order?
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Why would you fire a fine feline like that?
Do you need more than croc?
You get where I was going with this! It's exactly that constructed form, and the supposed favoring of it, that led to my asking this.
If a society claims to embrace democracy, but doesn't extend this to the organization of its businesses, how much do they embrace democratic values?
Because you are not paying enough attention:
I appreciate the examples provided but disagree with your opening, and would suggest the same of you. I specifically said "many businesses" and "largely undemocratic" as I was aware of most of the examples you gave beforehand.
In particular I don't view the joint-stock model as sufficiently democratic due to what you already acknowledge, i.e. limited to owners/shareholders.
Regardless, appreciate you bringing to light "Betriebsräte", as I'll have to look into that.
This depends on where the employee works, both in terms of business and nation. If they work in a nation that doesn't provide some services, they may be dependent on their employer to some degree for some of those services. In that circumstance they're no longer "just" showing up and getting paid, nor are they as mobile in their ability to switch businesses/employers.
Should those employees in that circumstance still have essentially no say?