Oh, you can alright. Stock-options in startups, for example, are little more than pretend, considering the actual chances you&#x27;ll see any money from them.<p>In the end, to be honest, I&#x27;d rather have pretend-decision-sharing than pretend-ownership, i.e. businesses that are egalitarian on paper but not in reality. Europe is full of &quot;service co-ops&quot; where people are members in theory but simple employees in practice, orgs built just to game taxes or minimum-wage regulations. That&#x27;s the worst.