[throwaway3572]

Why should you get a vote? You don’t get a vote on what groceries I buy. What entitles you to a vote on this purchase decision? (In this case “all the votes” means when making decisions on actions a particular corporation is considering, not any vote on anything)

[heeen2]

Lots of places take vote on what you can buy, eg weed, alcohol, which additives are allowed and so on

[throwaway3572]

The creation and transacting of corporate shares is also highly regulated. But it doesn’t address the question of why a third party should get a vote that helps decide a particular corporate action. Votes that limit the possible actions of all corporations equally are a different thing.

[elliotto]

Because societies in which not everyone gets a vote end up collapsing as those with the vote are eaten by those without