Endothermic with respect to the water that is evaporating. In that sense your body is part of the surroundings, not the system.

Electing boards of directors who hire the CEO is arguably just as consequential to your investment. Shares aren’t like land or a car, where there is are myriad ways to extract value. The only point in buying a minority stake of shares in a company is to make money on dividends or value appreciation, and if the majority of shareholders think a private sale is the best way to make money, then it’s appropriate that everybody is included.