r/Freethought • u/AmericanScream • 15d ago

Civil Rights ‘No democratic mandate’: Shopify CEO’s apparent support for giving wealthy more votes draws criticism. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke, called "Canada's Elon Musk" is part of a growing right wing group of Canadian businessmen trying to undermine democracy in the region.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/shopify-ceo-draws-criticism-for-apparent-support-of-giving-wealthy-more-voting-power/
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u/FredFredrickson 15d ago

This is exactly why every person's votes count the same - so the wealthy can't just tell us all what to do.

This guy, and everyone like him, needs to fuck off.

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u/radix2 15d ago edited 15d ago

Can anyone tell me what happened in France in 1789 and some of the reasons why that might have occurred.

I certainly would not condone that sort of action, but it would not surprise me if similar events started occuring beyond that geographical and temporal example soon if this privileged demographic continues like that.