• thermal_shock@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I HATE the idea if you can’t make money off it, even if would make the world 10x better for everyone, companies won’t do it. Shareholders gotta eat!!

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      4 months ago

      This its why capitalism is failing. Shareholder profit is a fundamentally unsustainable incentive.

      • HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Hot take because Line Must Go Up is being blamed on "For the Shareholders!" lately, but:

        It’s not just publicly traded companies. Private companies have greedy C-suites too.