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[-] TotallyHuman@lemmy.ca -1 points 9 months ago

Corporations serve society, not visa versa. If lighter measures do not work, nationalize 'em all. (Many lighter measures have not yet been tried.)

PP would be worse, though.

[-] karlhungus@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago

In my experience corporations serve their shareholders (and maybe board and executive s).

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Their point is that it's the corporations job to serve society, not the contrary, and if they don't do their job (like you said) they should be nationalized.

[-] karlhungus@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

We might live better if this were true (maybe not), but it is not at all their job. Neither is it our job to serve them.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

If it's not their job to help society then why should we let them exist?

[-] karlhungus@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago
  1. You are free to not spend money there
  2. If you took this logic and turned it around, i could see an argument saying the moment you stop helping society why should we let you exist

I agree that in the best interests of having a pleasant place to live, or elected officials should force them to sell at not so great a profit. I feel like "they shouldn't be allowed to exist" is a poor way to put it.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

People who don't help society end up in prison and corporations aren't people.

[-] karlhungus@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago
[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Go and kill someone and get caught, tell me how that goes for ya ๐Ÿ™‚

Also, you're in a Canadian community here.

[-] karlhungus@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago

besides the example i gave actually harming people, and them not being in prison, to go from "people who don't help society" to murder is kind of a stretch isn't it?

you realize it's possible to neither help nor harm society.

i am canadian, are we limited to examples only of canadian's who harm societies, C suite of loblaws isn't in jail are they?

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago

Commit fraud then

And yes the country matters. Ever heard of... Laws?

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