The problem is not that a bunch of corporate CEOs sit around thinking about ways to hurt people or planet, because they don’t; the problem is that they don’t think it’s their job to have to think about it one way or the other. That’s how an amoral system produces immoral results.
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Capitalism has done a lot of good, you’re right. But only when its overreach was held in check by labor unions, financial regulations, anti-trust laws & fair taxation. When that blew up in the 1980’s (plus $ in politics) it started becoming an unfettered terror. And here we are.

Aug 25, 2020 · 8:49 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
If companies were truly employee owned, instead of simply a means by which to exploit workers, there might be an improvement in self-regulation and a re-introduction of conscience back into the enterprise.
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There’s some truth there. Compare the corporate tax rate under Eisenhower (90%) to what it is today (22%)
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