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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Shareholders is the general public. If your neighbor owns one share, how much of a fair game are they?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah that theory doesn't hold in practice. These are the folks that pressure Fortune 500 companies with hostile takeovers if they don't do stock buy backs. The general public doesn't pull that crap.