points by elevation 1 day ago | 0 comments
> a buyer... who can continue to operate the business
I considered this route, but if the goal is to reduce wealth inequality, then leaving Amazon intact doesn't make sense. You leave it intact while selling to another wealthy buyer, you just traded Bezos for Bezos 2.
If you leave Amazon intact but nationalize it, giving every American own an equal share of the business, this doesn't give the average American any more control than the stock market does, except the new nationalized entity has government cover for fraud and mismanagement.
> If you leave Amazon intact but nationalize it
Sure. So leave it intact and sell it to a cooperative owned by the employees. Now you traded Bezos for a healthy incentive-aligned going concern with 1.6 million folks sharing the wealth. And Bezos still has his (one) vote!