How Business Leaders Can Renew Democracy | Daniella Ballou-Aares

How Business Leaders Can Renew Democracy | Daniella Ballou-Aares | TED

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How much should business leaders speak out about threats to democracy? It's a question many corporations are wrestling with these days. Business and democracy leader Daniella Ballou-Aares shows why companies have both the ability and the responsibility to engage in protecting elections and the rule of law - and why their bottom lines may depend on doing so.
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@paulbo9033

I dont even know where to start with this level of gaslighting. Are people so uneducated about the long standing role of business in suppressing the dēmos that they'd actually come to believe that they are the solution instead of the problem? Universal sufferage came about in no small part because of the oppressive role business played in curtailing the rights of labour. Democracy literally exists to balance business (first the land owning class, then the capitalist class) in society, which unless said business is a co-op, is inherently undemocratic.

@5kplamse

Business should stay out of politics

@michaelwright8410

1. By stopping bribing politicians to mold legislation in their favor.

@chimpera1

Remember that one of the slogans of fascism was nothing outside of the state. The use of commerce to punish dissidents is indeed a step in that direction.

@xanethestrange7659

Corpos are trying to make Cyberpunk real but without the cool cybernetics.

@louminisalouminios9559

why is there a ted talk for something that's clearly a political belief? what's there to learn from this?

@dncbot

It's not your job to fight disinformation, because you don't know if you're fighting disinformation or necessary criticism of the system.

@DoublesC

Business influence on the political sphere is one of the reason people are dissatisfied with Democracy...

@RAZR_Channel

" Renew Democracy "... ? What do you think you have now..?

@albertwaterfield7983

Would be interested in hearing a follow-up segment (or two) on how two points of concern might influence Ms Ballou-Aures' assertion that business leaders' participation in the political process are crucial to its survival. First, how do doctrines such as the Lewis Powell Memorandum, of 1972, square with her ideology? Second, if the hypothesis that sociopathic disorder is at least as prevalent as autism and such individuals tend to gravitate towards such highly disproportionate reward structures as are found in business enterprises, how do we mitigate their (sociopaths) impact on the shaping and influence of American - and global - politics such that we turn back from the precipice at which we find ourselves?

@V3RTIGO222

Just seeing the title and i knew this was not gonna be something i agreed with... With business owners having a spectrum of beliefs ranging from idealistic to authoritarian or outright prejudiced, I don't think centralizing power further into the hands of the monetarily controlling class is a good idea. Musk himself regurgitated anti-semetic rhetoric on the platform he now owns... normalizing the fundamental problems we have with finances already governing politics (no pun intended) which unironically already harm a majority of people to benefit a minority of them, as well as further harming marginalized groups seems like the worst possible option.

@jodikoberinski1639

We need your money to go no strings attached to Indigenous Climate Action, green parties, Sunrise Movement, and in the US get behind grass roots democratic socialist candidates at all levels.

@jodikoberinski1639

Many of us Gen X grew our businesses and raised our children while also taking to the streets, working on political change through policy and through building alternative economic streams. Challenging corporate control.

@lincolnb2244

When business leaders have to “fix” our democracy… that’s when you know we don’t have a democracy

@TheIdeanator

"and wars become far more likely"

@zoo-xibbitjayne2081

She keeps citing this strange god , 'democracy'; the US is a corporate oligharchy and has been since John Adams' time. In light of that this whole post appears as empty emo verbage -unfortunately.

@MaximumHeresy

You can do your part by spreading Managed Democracy, citizen.

@abhishekarora4007

Same is happening in India , we are at season 15, the grand finale. During Indian Independence, pro democracy business like Jamnalal Bajaj , Tatas helped strengthened Indian Democracy. But today all that is faltering. World should be made aware