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Shopify CEO endorses stripping voting rights from poor and pensioners

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Boing Boing reports that Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke has endorsed a controversial voting scheme that would weight voting power based on income tax paid, while stripping voting rights entirely from people living in poverty and pensioners. Lütke likened the economically dependent to minors, suggesting they should have no right to vote.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2026/07/28/shopify-ceo-endorses-st...

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