I think that is part of it, but a lot of the problem is just humans being bad at coordination. Like the government doing regulations. If we had an idealized free market society, then the way to get your views across would ‘just’ be to sign up for a filter (etc.) that down-weights buying from said company based on your views. Then they have more of an incentive to alter their behavior.
But it is hard to manage that. There’s a lot of friction to doing anything like that, much of it natural. Thus government serves as our essential way to coordinate on important enough issues, but of course government has a lot of problems in accurately throwing its weight around.
Companies that are top down are a lot easier to coordinate behavior. As well, you have a smaller problem than an entire government would have in trying to plan your internal economy.
I think that is part of it, but a lot of the problem is just humans being bad at coordination. Like the government doing regulations. If we had an idealized free market society, then the way to get your views across would ‘just’ be to sign up for a filter (etc.) that down-weights buying from said company based on your views. Then they have more of an incentive to alter their behavior. But it is hard to manage that. There’s a lot of friction to doing anything like that, much of it natural. Thus government serves as our essential way to coordinate on important enough issues, but of course government has a lot of problems in accurately throwing its weight around. Companies that are top down are a lot easier to coordinate behavior. As well, you have a smaller problem than an entire government would have in trying to plan your internal economy.