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“What do you suppose I do?”, the drug dealer asks, “Stop selling heroin just because a couple of my costumers ruined their lives or ended up OD’ing? They’d just
by nabdab 7y ago
“What do you suppose I do?”, the drug dealer asks, “Stop selling heroin just because a couple of my costumers ruined their lives or ended up OD’ing? They’d just buy it somewhere else anyway.”
The moral thing to do is not to sell the thing you openly admit is bad for the people you sell it to, even if you end up losing a profit making machine. That is oddly often the case that morality doesn’t quite align with profits. But let’s not pretend like you are option-less to do anything but maximize profits.
- laughingbovine 7y agoAlright, everyone on their high horse? OK. Now, to wait for all the tobacco companies to voluntarily shut themselves down. Any day now...
- xboxnolifes 7y agoTobacco companies don't need to shutdown for you, yourself, to not sell tobacco.
- kennywinker 7y agoYup. Capitalism motivates people to do things that hurts and takes advantage of others. I can be mad at the system that motives you, and also think you're a dick for valuing money over doing something that is a net benefit to the world. I can also seek to control your ability to do damage using laws and public discourse.