Get Elon Musk’s money out of politics—for good.
A history of fighting the rich
Our nation’s leaders, including Presidents Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat), confronted the dangers of concentrated wealth to democracy. The struggle to check the power of the financial elite is one that founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson grappled with.
Today, when citizens challenge the corporate economy and billionaire’s influence, we continue a battle that has defined our nation.
The Democratic Paradox
In an analysis of corporate governance, Luigi Zingales and colleagues (2024) expose the fundamental tension at the heart of our economic system.
“From what we eat to what we breathe, from what we read to what we don’t, corporations (or government agencies under their influence) control our lives. They do it allegedly in our interest but only in our financial interest… .”
—“How To Implement Shareholder Democracy”
by Luigi Zingales, Oliver Hart, and Helene E. Landemore
Today the fight continues
When we take our money back from Tesla and demand alternatives that better reflect our values, we carry forward the unfinished work of defending our republic against economic tyranny.
“In a corpocracy, where corporations captured our political democracy, the failure of corporate democracy to account for investors’ non-financial preferences is not a footnote in corporate law textbooks but the last nail in the coffin of our democratic system.“
—“How To Implement Shareholder Democracy”
by Luigi Zingales, Oliver Hart, and Helene E. Landemore
Our government shouldn’t be Musk’s next corporate acquisition.
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