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this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2025
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The main point of the October Revolution was "All power to the soviets", the workers councils. And an explicit call for the seizure of factories and land by the workers working the
This is from the second All-Russia Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies immediately after the revolution
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/oct/25-26/26d.htm
I can very highly recommend "Ten Days That Shook the World" by John Reed. A firsthand account of the october revolution by an american journalist. Reads like a thriller, very very exciting.
Shareholders elect the board and they can decide when to liquidate a company. You dont have the right to destroy a thing unless you own it. They can put whoever they want on the board, or no one. They own the company, they get the profit off the company, they put absolutely minimal work into it. This is only one form of leeching off workers labor of course. Landlording is another major one.
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I don't believe this. The small shareholders do, but not the ones who choose the board.
The Waltons have to stay up to date unless they accept that Amazon takes over. Likewise, Bezos will work to keep his company in the lead.
Bezos bought a big house in Washington, not Florida. He will be busy all day most of the days.