6 comments

  • delichon 25 minutes ago
    Corporate coup survivors: Matt Mullenweg, Sam Altman, Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark. They should form a club.
    • fwip 7 minutes ago
      The "rich white men for little boys to worship" club?
    • redsocksfan45 5 minutes ago
      [dead]
    • cindyllm 10 minutes ago
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    • SenHeng 15 minutes ago
      I would enjoy seeing Matt and Sam beating criminals to a pulp with their bare hands.
  • zero_shift 9 minutes ago
    I only recently realised why the org is called AutoMATTic
  • pluc 18 minutes ago
    Dupe/existing discussion from a day ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49660104
  • Grombobulous 33 minutes ago
    That’s a weird thing to say about “coup attempts.”

    Funny that we picked democracy for our government but we just left corporations as little feudal kingdoms. It seems like quite the oversight.

    In the world of AI I imagine that Automattic’s core business model is in turmoil.

    • freedomben 22 minutes ago
      > Funny that we picked democracy for our government but we just left corporations as little feudal kingdoms.

      Ianal but I don't think the laws care about governing structure of corps. You can start a new corp and run it democratically all you want. There are co-ops and other interesting structures out there

    • Arnt 18 minutes ago
      Companies have a largely democratic component at the top, called the board. Voters (those who own the company) have representatives on the board. Some boards also have representatives from the employees, that varies.
    • sva_ 24 minutes ago
      > Funny that we picked democracy for our government but we just left corporations as little feudal kingdoms.

      Doesn't this just boil down to planned vs free market economy? I think we've seen over an over again which one works and which one doesn't.

      • shigawire 22 minutes ago
        Democracy in business would be worker co-ops or employee ownership schemes. It would still be fully market-based, not planned.
      • jmull 22 minutes ago
        Is that a settled question? China isn't exactly struggling right now.
        • edgyquant 1 minute ago
          China has succeeded so much by moving away from a planned economy when they were fully planned they were one of the poorest nations in the world. Most successful nations are mixed economies and yes, this is a settled question.
        • sva_ 7 minutes ago
          If you look on Alibaba or AliExpress and see different companies competing and undercutting each others prices, I don't really see it as a planned economy.
        • thaumasiotes 11 minutes ago
          > China isn't exactly struggling right now.

          Have you asked people in China about this?

    • tirpen 6 minutes ago
      > Funny that we picked democracy for our government but we just left corporations as little feudal kingdoms. It seems like quite the oversight.

      Congratulations you have reinvented communism from first principles! And you are completely correct in your analysis.

      • noir_lord 4 minutes ago
        Regulation of corporations and the internal/external harms they do isn't communism.

        That's a hilarious leap.

  • cebert 31 minutes ago
    This sounds like a mistake and a part of Automatic. This is not a good look for the brand.
  • bookofjoe 51 minutes ago