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Given that the government they owe those taxes to has consistently minimized funding on infrastructure, has yet to build a national broadband policy that is com
by fixermark 11y ago
Given that the government they owe those taxes to has consistently minimized funding on infrastructure, has yet to build a national broadband policy that is competitive with the world, and consistently underfunds the NSF year over year while continuing to approve the NSA's black-box budget, perhaps the optimal approach for "Don't be evil" is to do everything within the law to keep their cash in-house, where it can be put to better use?
- ThomPete 11y agoBetter use for who? Right now Google is one of the leading companies in making work obsolete leaving a growing number of people without any chance of participating in the society because digitalization and automation two areas google is one of the key drivers of taking a lot of jobs out of the market. So not only didn't Google create their company in isolation from society but on top of what society established they are also transforming how society works affecting a lot of people negatively. This is not true with all companies but it's certainly true for Google.