"Work is a False Idol"

[Being]

Indeed, and now where know where the problem lies

Yes, shareholders are in fact consumers.

[Steely Glint]

Yes, shareholders are in fact consumers.

I mean, in the sense that (if they're individuals not investment firms or other orgs) they also go to the store and buy things, but they aren't actually purchasing the product the company makes and so they wouldn't be the ones negatively affected by price hikes.

[Being]

I mean, in the sense that (if they're individuals not investment firms or other orgs) they also go to the store and buy things, but they aren't actually purchasing the product the company makes and so they wouldn't be the ones negatively affected by price hikes.

Investment firms, pension funds, mutual funds and such purchase shares for shareholders. Doesn't matter if they are individuals buying shares or investment firms purchasing for a group of inactive participants. The inactive participants are just as much shareholders as individual buyers, they just don't necessarily know what they are invested in.