Because you are not paying enough attention:

I appreciate the examples provided but disagree with your opening, and would suggest the same of you. I specifically said “many businesses” and “largely undemocratic” as I was aware of most of the examples you gave beforehand.

In particular I don’t view the joint-stock model as sufficiently democratic due to what you already acknowledge, i.e. limited to owners/shareholders.

Regardless, appreciate you bringing to light “Betriebsräte”, as I’ll have to look into that.