Exactly. Reddit mods and Wikipedia admins both get to be kings of their little fiefdoms. The power/pride/whatever is payment enough, otherwise they wouldn’t be doing it. They are intrinsically motivated.
Being a mod for something you are passionate about is intoxicating. It is an awesome feeling to know you’ve contributed to the growth of something you care about.
Ehhhhh
Stock price is absolutely tied to the perceived performance and anticipated future performance of the company.
The problem is that most departments of a company are profit centers and therefore there is a huge incentive to squeeze the most return (product features, sales, etc) from that investment (your salary). They will abuse you just hard enough so you don’t quit. Or they will abuse you endlessly because the churn is factored into it.
The company doing well is only loosely tied to morale. Yes happier employees probably perform better but it’s not the best return on the investment.
Making a loan count as income will mess up legit home purchases. If you went that route it couldn’t be that simple.
A big benefit to the buy borrow die strategy is the step up basis for your children. Realizing the gain will move the basis up and cause a taxable event.
I don’t know all the details, much less if this plan is perfect, but I think that’s the idea.
Maybe removing step up basis is enough, to help reduce generational wealth. IDK
“Collateral for loan is realized gain” targets the “Buy Borrow Die” strategy.
It’s literally in the name. They are influencing.
As for why/how there’s a ton of biases/fallacies that cause that to happen. Pick any and it’s not difficult to create a scenario where a malleable person applies it.
Companies don’t serve staff. Staff is a necessary evil to them.