Stakeholders

Took a train around 10 minutes later than when I was supposed to. I guess that maybe peak hour was over by then, and the trains were not running every 1 minute or so anymore. Yes, the traffic had dropped back by then, but the reduction in frequency overcompensated for that, and the train was packed to the brim.

I wondered if I could go buy some SMRT shares, and then attend their shareholder meeting and tell them, "I'm willing to forego some profits. Please put a decent number of trains on the tracks, buses on the roads. Your profits are obscene and somebody needs to kick you in the ass. People like you who travel around in cars shouldn't be allowed to own SMRT stock."

It's true, if you want to ride on a subway it might as well be your subway. It should be of the people, for the people and by the people. This land is your land. This underground is your underground.

I guess in a perfect world you should be able to own stocks in your own company, and if you were upset about how it was treating its own employees, you can attend a shareholder meeting, kick up a stink, and tell them to fire their CEO. It shouldn't be that some guy out there is holding your balls. Checks and balances in a system mean that people hold each other's balls.

It's too bad I can't own shares in the company I work for. It would be a pleasure to attend shareholder meetings and tell your superiors to stuff it.

"Judge said five to ten - I said double that again
I'm not working for the clampdown
Well no one born with a living soul
Could be working for the clampdown
Kick over the wall cause governments to fall
How can you refuse it
Let fury have the hour, anger can be power
Don't you know that you can use it

The voices in your head are calling
Stop wasting your time there's nothing coming
Only a fool would think someone could save you

The men at the factory are old and cunning
You don't owe nothing so boy get running
It's the best years of your life they want to steal"

"Clampdown", The Clash