Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke Endorses Tax-Tiered Voting System
Why a $154B CEO just endorsed stripping most Americans of voting rights
Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke sparked a fierce debate by endorsing a tax-tiered voting system on social media, suggesting that those paying no income tax should lose their voting rights. This proposal, which would grant multiple votes to high earners while disenfranchising retirees and low-wage workers, harkens back to discredited 19th-century suffrage models. Critics highlight the irony of Lütke advocating for reduced public representation while securing outsized control within his own company through a dual-class share structure.
That two-word endorsement, dropped into a viral thread, has reignited a debate over wealth, power, and democracy that most Americans thought was settled more than a century ago.