Quote:Unless you're wealthy enough to own a significant amount of those shares then your ownership of some small amount is much less meaningful than your share of the government through your vote.

 

If you are wealthy enough to own significant amounts then you get plenty of response from the government too. So either way your point is wrong.

Homie, I will gladly give you my vote in exchange for the equivalent $ value of Flsprtsgd's shares of evil corporations (and I don't even know how much in equities he owns).  

IMO public companies are generally more transparent than the govt/politicians.  Since 2008, my vote for executive leadership of the US has been worthless to me. If the B.O.D. of a pub co that I own changes direction and I don't like the way the stock is performing, I can sell it instantly and not have to wait 4 yrs. If I really don't like it, I can legally short it and potentially benefit from poor management.  I'm pretty sure the equivalent of an individual voter instantly shorting the executive branch of the govt is treasonous and not a realistic option.

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