How do you think this will impact the average person, who’s not an investor or a shareholder in these companies? – I mean, I think on balance, you’re right that, like, because these are corporations, we do have to worry that, like, capitalist pressures will lead them to cutting corners and doing things that are unsafe. So, that is, I think, the right concern to have and to keep your eye on it. On the other hand, like, I could also see an argument that when your company goes public, you are introducing more democratic oversight and governance into it, right? These folks will now have to, like, report their earnings. They will have to give us information about their financials. They will have to make certain disclosures as, you know, their products come out and as their company changes, and, you know, shareholders will be able to maybe vote on certain things. So, you know, I think these are all good things, because, right now, we have almost no levers whatsoever that people can pull other than trying to prevent a data center from being built in their backyard. So maybe these give folks some new ones.
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