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You are making assertions that may or may not be true. That aside, the point that I am trying to argue during the whole thread is two-fold.

First I do agree with matt4077 that the difference in accountability between the CEO and the mayor is not big enough to warrant a distinction in the context of the discussion. I also agree with BjoernKW that accountability is one of the root-problems here.

Second, I do want to say that a public traded company is not a form where the CEO is personally accountable enough to call it 'prvate' in the sense of BjoernKW's comment and therefore dismissing matt4077 example as a valid example for what BjoernKW was hinting at.

I do think that others have very well understood what I was trying to convey, see for example the comments from paulddraper or cmurf.




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