• Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
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      Corporations are there to maximize profits. Not defending them, that’s just what they are.

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