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[–] 8 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I don't think they are "likely" going to do that. Its literally their intended purpose

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    This isn't a defense of them, more a condemnation of the system we have atrophied into... but wouldn't it be illegal for a publicaly traded company to invest a bunch of capital into a new system that didn't squeeze more profits out of people and depress employee costs further?

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  • [–] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

    I remember this quote from a reptile's lover: Expecting companies to not seek profit is like expecting love from a pet snake.

    Like snake companies are not designed to love the people that feed them and make them exist. It is unreasonable to anthropomorphize them and expect anything else from them than the maximization of profits.

    Which is why where companies work, we should just put safeguard rails so that they don't bite people where they can. And this is also why we should seek other arrangements for any sort of endeavours where the maximization of profit is not the correct incentive.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    unreasonable to anthropomorphize

    I agree, but exceptionally I also agree with RMS who said something like “all corporations are psychopathic”.

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