Ask Lemmy

In a democracy you vote on what happens with a shared resource that belongs to all of you, like a country. If a business has several owners they might steer it democratically, like a family business deciding together what to do. But if that business hires employees, the employees don't vote, because it's not their shared resource, so why would they have power to decide on it?

Of course that doesn't preclude open discussion. Many businesses decide together with their employees, it's just based on discussion and exchange of ideas, not on voting. Why would you hire an expert and then vote among employees instead of letting the expert decide on their area of expertise?