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@AngFloz Respectfully, I think this is an oversimplification of a possible real world example. What if the owner started the business (attained the knowledge and skill to start and run a business, developed the business plan, secured the bank loan at personal risk, found the proper market, found the proper workers, etc), developed the method/avenue by which the worker is able to create the $100 in goods (designed and hand made the original good, purchased equipment to scale the manufacturing through the business loan, rented a space to perform the manufacturing, etc), and developed the market and sales side to actually sell the item for the $100? The worker was taught how to create the item but didn't take any of the risk or input any capital into that equation. Even then, the 'owner' isn't likely getting 90%, rather the business is getting 90% because all of this effort cost resources that the owner has to ensure is paid to start/continue the business as a going concern. It's more likely that the owner is getting 1%, the worker is getting 10%, and 89% is going into the business costs. Where you start to see issues is when the owner is getting 1% from the goods every worker creates, but the business has grown and there are 40,000 workers now. Granted, to grow to that size most companies will have moved to the public markets to secure capital and the original owner likely owns a significantly smaller portion of the company than originally, but when you upscale these figures, you get the outlandish net worths of the largest stock holders/founders of huge businesses.
@AngFloz OP's post - "Overall, I want us to have a more nuanced conversation than "Corporation bad - NO! Corporation Good!" "... I think I can make a solid argument you missed the OP's point. I'd wager we're both on the same side of what we think is right or wrong in this study break -- I believe we need corporations to shoulder more social responsibility. However, your question was in bad faith because you started with an apparent straw man argument -- that left a lot to be desired in representing our likely shared opinion -- which I challenged. I engaged with your argument since we are both apparently trying to go to law school...