Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.hackers.town/@calcifer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>calcifer</span></a></span> actually no, that's <em>literally</em> <a href="https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aktg/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">in the Law</a> governing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PublicCorporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicCorporations</span></a> [in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>.]</p><ul><li>If people and businesses wanted to be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a> instead, they'd form a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cooperative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooperative</span></a>!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PublicCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicCompanies</span></a> exist to increase capital. </p><ul><li>They are a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/gamble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamble</span></a> that a company will <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ROI</span></a> it's share holders short- or long-term!</li></ul><p>Otherwise they'd not go public and majority owners who don't want their business bled dry even take them <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a> again (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Dell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dell</span></a>)…</p>