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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Corporations are there to maximize profits. Not defending them, that's just what they are.

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[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 17 points 1 year ago*

Remember when basically all CEOs were espousing how their company was working to make the world a better place? No one even pretends anymore

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[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

And this is why profits above a certain threshold need to be taxed to oblivion.

Massive profit cannot be the single goal.

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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 point 1 year ago

Taxation is a bandaid solution. Strong taxation is also not realistic as long as the nation is dependant on the economic growth of their domnestic companies.

You can't build a sustainable economy based on a system which has the competition of free agents at its base.

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[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago

Like those stupid broomsticks from fantasia

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