• Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    13
    ·
    edit-2
    1 day ago

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

    • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      1 day ago

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

      Massive profit cannot be the single goal.

      • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 day 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.

    • DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      14
      ·
      edit-2
      1 day 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