No, they’re not different. If you’re creating a co-op - your partners are still shareholders and investors. The only difference is that co-op is private, but public company is… Well, public. But the end result is the same.

That’s what public companies are. You buy their shares to help out with business and they share their profits. How much more of them do you want?

I don’t see Putin anywhere…

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Disgusting! What’s next? No footie?

“Tea” inside tea bags is just dust from the tea factory floors. Micro plastics are the least of your concern.

And yet they’ve democratically elected Netanyahu yet AGAIN.

To monetise it and extract wealth from lemmings.

That’s a great point! Let’s discuss it!

You see, regulations can be split into two categories: consumer protection and business protection.

Consumer protection policies and regulations protect consumers from business malpractice. For example, here in Europe we have 1-2 years (depending on the country) of warranty for every product sold enshrined in the law. And that’s something unheard of in the US, because communism or something.

On the other hand, business protection regulations protect existing businesses against competition. A good example is software patents: so common in the US, non existent in Europe.

Somehow when lobbyists are brainwashing American public to get more regulations, they’re talking about business protection and when they want to deregulate something they’re talking about removing consumer protections and American public makes the wrong choice every time.

Speaking of planes you can see this in Europe again: no competition regulations for air lines, yet strong consumer protections resulting in loads of air lines popping up all the time.

No, you are the shareholder because you receive your salary into a bank account which then automatically gets invested (and unless your bank is ripping you off you should be getting a monthly interest) and you have a pension which is also invested. You are an ACTUAL shareholder.

The problem with any deregulation theory is that deregulation does not exist. Especially in a country like US.

The plastic will be grounded up and re-used, that’s 100%, but it still requires quite a bit of virgin pellets to be mixed in. Here’s why:

1. Used plastic is dirty. Even if it just came off the belt as a brand new part, it already has dust, oil and other residue. Just a little bit, but it’s not as good as a virgin material.
2. You cannot grind down parts into perfect pellets, and that will cause feed rate variations.
3. Additives inside like dyes degrade when heated. Multiple extrusions will change product appearance.

Wealth is not money. It is already distributed to the public.

Here’s a twist - YOU are the shareholder. One of them.