@GuerillaOntologist @Matt_Noyes
Bummer (to me).
This is one of the features or bugs of the ESOP model, depending on how you look at it. In the "broad-based employee ownership" space, I perceive there to be two (mostly implicit) ideologies: #SharedCapitalism (#ESOP) and #EconomicDemocracy (#Coop).
The former views the profitable sale of an EO company as a triumph, since the increased value of the firm is broadly shared. 1/