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Yes and no. Yes billionaires are not people to be trusted but also they are a structural problem, a CEO that does not squeeze last the last penny out of users for shareholder value is just not doing their job. Billionaires are a-holes because the corporate incentive system rewards people like them. We need new structures.

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> , a CEO that does not squeeze last the last penny out of users for shareholder value is just not doing their job

This has not always been the case. And still isn't in plenty of locales and companies. The S&P 500 of 2025 doesn't define immutable universal laws.

Dodge v. Ford Motor Co. was in 1919.

I was not aware of that! Basically you can get sued if you are caught prioritizing employees or customers over shareholders?

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