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Morally it seems fair. But like most things in our system, I'm sure it will end up being rigged legally in the big guy's favor. Look at our system now. Big cap
by hiram112 9y ago
Morally it seems fair. But like most things in our system, I'm sure it will end up being rigged legally in the big guy's favor.
Look at our system now. Big capital can move their tax headquarters to Ireland, its service center to India, its manufacturing to China. Hell, they can now even import low wage workers to the EU and US on visas if it will give them an advantage.
But good luck to any consumer trying to buy products at the same prices sold in these same places (e.g. pharmaceuticals). Even digital goods like games, music, and movies are priced differently, but consumers can never take advantage of currency arbitrage as companies ban VPNs, track IPs, restrict payments by the address of credit cards, etc.
- visarga 9y agoGood argument - they 'geo-shift' to reduce their costs on the one hand, and make sure we can't decrease our costs on the other hand. Pretty unfair taking advantage of the system like that.
- praulv 9y agoI've always wondered why it's not possible to get insider info from purchasing depts on factory details so we're not simply paying for over inflated brands to line corporate pockets.
- bogomipz 9y ago>"Morally it seems fair. But like most things in our system, I'm sure it will end up being rigged legally in the big guy's favor" Indeed, corporations are now considered people in the US, which more or allows allows then legislate away any perceive threats to the rigged system.[1] [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/raisins-hotels-corporate-personhood-supreme-court/396773/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/raisins...