Raithe Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) For a wander into the Scottish arena.. A chilling glimpse of one party Scotland Edited February 6, 2017 by Raithe "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) And in a semi-political theme.. The Queen hit her 65th Anniversary on the Throne. Telegraph - Queen makes history, reaches Sapphire Jubilee Edited February 6, 2017 by Raithe "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barothmuk Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Kind of funny that the two posters who oppose socialism the most admit to not knowing what collective ownership means. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Of course, one to always remember: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUqytjlHNIM 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Kind of funny that the two posters who oppose socialism the most admit to not knowing what collective ownership means. Its not a commonly used term in modern free market or corporate reality? It reminds me of some bygone Soviet Stalin " great agricultural project to prove we better than the West " .....whoops we just starved 30 million rural people to death Oh well. its okay because we are free of the " evils and corrupting influence of Capiltalism " "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I liked the Budweiser one better. Of course when Adolphus Busch actually came here there were no immigration laws. 1 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 And Trump's tweet of "All negative polls are actually fake news." Do we get the feeling that's how he's going to approach everything for the rest of his term? "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) Blame it on the internet, now you can have people blame nazi = right wing on google and others will actually believe it because it fits their preconceived notions. How do you collectively own something without the government owning it? Any historical examples? And why is "democratic" part of the definition? Easily. Publicly Listed Cimpanies are collectively owned and are not owned by the government, they're also at least theoretically little d democratic. Otherwise, Co-Ops, syndicates, Apoism etc etc, they're even properly democratic. Personally, I'd get rid of 'democratic' though, and go for the straight 2-axes political compass style set up of having left (socialist) and right (capitalist) with both of those being independent of the authoritarian (statist, undemocratic)/ anarchism (libertarianism, democratic) axis. OK, so corporations are actually socialist, I got it. Collective ownership generally means owned by society, not by a group of people. How do you collectively own something without the government owning it? Any historical examples? And why is "democratic" part of the definition? For example share ownership. Yes, this and agreements like trusts, partnerships and hedge fund investment or just normal investments that buy assets for the the financial return So there are numerous ways to share ownership and the dividends and profitability I don't think this was what "collective own" means. We have that now, it just means there is more than a single person as owner. Almost all big companies have shareholders, but does that mean they belong "to the people"? No, the people who own shares dont technically own the company but rather benefit from profit in the form of dividends Wow, mister finance guy, that's Hurlshot level of ignorance. Cool, we don't have to follow laws any more, let's go loot an 84 Lumber store. Edited February 6, 2017 by Wrath of Dagon 1 "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I liked the Budweiser one better. Of course when Adolphus Busch actually came here there were no immigration laws.That one was apparently a bunch of lies also. "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckdevil Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPo2B-vjZ28 Wtf is this? Am I supposed to feel sad or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPo2B-vjZ28I liked the Budweiser one better. Of course when Adolphus Busch actually came here there were no immigration laws. Apparently people are in a tizzy over the Coke one, where it is sung in other languages. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elerond Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 There are many type of corporations. Some corporations just seek funding by selling their shares to people and rewards people by giving them part of their profit. This kind of corporations can't be said to be collectively owned. Apple is one example of this kind of corporation. But that is not only way to go. There is also corporations where all share holders are seen as equals and all their customers become share holders. This kind corporations are very collectively owned and they work very similarly as public administration. In Finland we have quite lot of such companies that have been founded by worker unions and other left wing communistic organisations. Like for example one of our biggest department store chains is such, one of the largest insurance companies is such. In past we had lots of phone companies that were such and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilloutman Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 There are many type of corporations. Some corporations just seek funding by selling their shares to people and rewards people by giving them part of their profit. This kind of corporations can't be said to be collectively owned. Apple is one example of this kind of corporation. But that is not only way to go. There is also corporations where all share holders are seen as equals and all their customers become share holders. This kind corporations are very collectively owned and they work very similarly as public administration. In Finland we have quite lot of such companies that have been founded by worker unions and other left wing communistic organisations. Like for example one of our biggest department store chains is such, one of the largest insurance companies is such. In past we had lots of phone companies that were such and so on. ehmm, how that company earn money if all customers of that company are share holders at the same time? I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Blame it on the internet, now you can have people blame nazi = right wing on google and others will actually believe it because it fits their preconceived notions. How do you collectively own something without the government owning it? Any historical examples? And why is "democratic" part of the definition? Easily. Publicly Listed Cimpanies are collectively owned and are not owned by the government, they're also at least theoretically little d democratic. Otherwise, Co-Ops, syndicates, Apoism etc etc, they're even properly democratic. Personally, I'd get rid of 'democratic' though, and go for the straight 2-axes political compass style set up of having left (socialist) and right (capitalist) with both of those being independent of the authoritarian (statist, undemocratic)/ anarchism (libertarianism, democratic) axis. OK, so corporations are actually socialist, I got it. Collective ownership generally means owned by society, not by a group of people. How do you collectively own something without the government owning it? Any historical examples? And why is "democratic" part of the definition? For example share ownership. Yes, this and agreements like trusts, partnerships and hedge fund investment or just normal investments that buy assets for the the financial return So there are numerous ways to share ownership and the dividends and profitability I don't think this was what "collective own" means. We have that now, it just means there is more than a single person as owner. Almost all big companies have shareholders, but does that mean they belong "to the people"? No, the people who own shares dont technically own the company but rather benefit from profit in the form of dividends Wow, mister finance guy, that's Hurlshot level of ignorance. sorry WOD but educate me. What am I missing about being a shareholder. I always like learning new things "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I liked the Budweiser one better. Of course when Adolphus Busch actually came here there were no immigration laws.That one was apparently a bunch of lies also. Yeah, but it was a good story. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) sorry WOD but educate me. What am I missing about being a shareholder. I always like learning new thingsA common shareholder owns the percentage of the corporation corresponding to the percentage of shares he holds. Trump called it too, he said Patriots by 8 points. Edited February 6, 2017 by Wrath of Dagon "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 There are many type of corporations. Some corporations just seek funding by selling their shares to people and rewards people by giving them part of their profit. This kind of corporations can't be said to be collectively owned. Apple is one example of this kind of corporation. But that is not only way to go. There is also corporations where all share holders are seen as equals and all their customers become share holders. This kind corporations are very collectively owned and they work very similarly as public administration. In Finland we have quite lot of such companies that have been founded by worker unions and other left wing communistic organisations. Like for example one of our biggest department store chains is such, one of the largest insurance companies is such. In past we had lots of phone companies that were such and so on. I have to say that example in Finland about companies sounds odd. I must be misunderstanding you, in your example you not saying these shareholders make company decisions ? The decision making process and daily running of every single company I have seen and worked in is the same, shareholders have no say in daily operations Also, and this is probably over complicating the question, but what type of securities do these companies offer.... bonds, common stocks or preferred stocks? "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 sorry WOD but educate me. What am I missing about being a shareholder. I always like learning new thingsA common shareholder owns the percentage of the corporation corresponding to the percentage of shares he holds. Okay, but he doesnt own the company.....but wait. What is your definition of " owning " "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 sorry WOD but educate me. What am I missing about being a shareholder. I always like learning new thingsA common shareholder owns the percentage of the corporation corresponding to the percentage of shares he holds. Okay, but he doesnt own the company.....but wait. What is your definition of " owning " I think you confuse owning with managing. No I am not the one confused "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilloutman Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) well you are kind both wrong, usually only major shareholders have decision making power, in some cases majority shareholder is only one person. So technically you own 0,00001% of your garden, and your gardener don't care what do you think Edited February 6, 2017 by Chilloutman I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) Check out New Belgium Brewing Company It's employee owned Edited February 6, 2017 by ShadySands 2 Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Wow, mister finance guy, that's Hurlshot level of ignorance. Somebody takes his internet foruming a bit too seriously... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilloutman Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Check out New Belgium Brewing Company It's employee owned and does it omit publicly tradeable shares? I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilloutman Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Check out New Belgium Brewing Company It's employee owned do you know details, how many employees we are talking about? what is allocation of shares? what are rules when someone left company, what happen if someone new come into the company? I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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