I was focusing more on businesses and how they relate to 'people'. But your raise an interesting point about our biological needs and resources. We do have limited resources, and dividing it 'fairly' among people is neither feasible nor desirable.There are more people then resources. You either beat each other to death or work together and treat others as equals to address these needs. — Outlander
I was focusing more on businesses and how they relate to 'people'. — Wheatley
You either beat each other to death or work together and treat others as equals to address these needs. There are no other options, aside from enslaving others. — Outlander
Neoclassical economists (mainstream) use the profit motive as an axiom to build economic models. Making money is seen as the single purpose for all business. — Wheatley
Do businesses care that some employees hate their job? Perhaps. Perhaps not because caring about your workers may cut into their profits, a big no-no. Society has allowed a bunch of systems to exist, called "businesses", who may not even care about the employees they hire. Many workers are treated like dirt. It all seems so cruel and unfair.
What do you think? — Wheatley
There are people that lack some of the most basic needs in life while others have abundance to sustain thousand of lifes all for themselves. — Hermeticus
Can't take it with you. Lost are those who call circumstance reality. Contrary to popular belief, you actually can make a horse drink. Though it usually drowns. — Outlander
Do businesses care that some employees hate their job? Perhaps. Perhaps not because caring about your workers may cut into their profits, a big no-no. Society has allowed a bunch of systems to exist, called "businesses", who may not even care about the employees they hire. Many workers are treated like dirt. It all seems so cruel and unfair. — Wheatley
But they are not people. — Wheatley
Many economic theories are based on the assumption that businesses exist to maximize profits. Neoclassical economists (mainstream) use the profit motive as an axiom to build economic models. Making money is seen as the single purpose for all business. — Wheatley
Democratic governments are created by and for the people. Yet we still talk about how the government (as an entity) treats its people. Business are like governments because they both act like an entity with goals different than individual people. Of course people contribute to these systems, but to call these entities "people" is a bit of a stretch.Created by and for persons. — Outlander
Democratic governments are created by and for the people. Yet we still talk about how the government (as an entity) treats its people. — Wheatley
Business are like governments because they both act like an entity with goals different than individual people. — Wheatley
to call these entities "people" is a bit of a stretch. — Wheatley
Free market capitalism works. — T Clark
What do I mean when I say "capitalism works?" It creates a market that gets resources to the places they're needed in a more or less efficient manner. — T Clark
Problem - often, usually? capitalism does what it does with no regard to it's employees, the surrounding communities, or the world at large. The involvement of large corporations can make things much worse. Solution - 1) govern regulation 2) labor unions and 3)...? — T Clark
Problem - often, usually? capitalism does what it does with no regard to it's employees, the surrounding communities, or the world at large. — T Clark
Apathy about communities and employees is made possible by private property, but that kind of disregard requires a large mobile work force that can be exploited. That's not always available, as we're now seeing in the US. — frank
Both have been pretty thoroughly ground into the dust. We need a system reset. — frank
They have a lot of customers here and they need to be here to serve them. They won't be able to escape. — T Clark
Take a closer look at where your consumables were manufactured. I think you'll find that most of it wasn't here — frank
the US economy revolves around Wall St., not manufacturing. — frank
Well, what did you mean by:
They have a lot of customers here and they need to be here to serve them. They won't be able to escape
— T Clark — frank
You're talking about where the items being sold come from. I'm talking about where the customers are. Amazon can't get out of the reach of the US government as long as they're selling here. A lot of American companies get more trouble from the EU than they do here. Ditto with China. — T Clark
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