4Only the Propertied Class Votes

THE PRINCIPLE OF GOVERNANCE

Corporations function with an aristocratic governance structure,where members of the propertied class alone may vote.

The notion of ice melting is something I’ve had on my mind lately. I’ve been chipping a good deal of it on my sidewalks these days, as penance for my lazy habits as a Minnesota homeowner. But there’s a secret ice teaches: that the seemingly impenetrable isn’t. The trick is to hit on a seam—hit it just right—and witness the miracle of an entire chunk breaking away. Attack under the exposed edge, and another chunk can be loosed effortlessly. Before long the unyielding has, in fact, yielded.

What seems impenetrable, isn’t. This is a useful maxim for tackling the topic of ...

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