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Some of the biggest companies in the American tech space value things other than money as the highest priority. Steve Jobs famously was product focused and warn
by friendlybus 7y ago
Some of the biggest companies in the American tech space value things other than money as the highest priority. Steve Jobs famously was product focused and warned against excessive greed.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/664366-if-you-keep-your-eye-on-the-profit-you-re-going https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/664366-if-you-keep-your-eye...
Elon Musk poured his own money into his projects to the point of becoming bankrupt and was helped out by others who believed in the product.
Cutting costs is the antithesis of what these guys are doing, making outrageous profit is the marketeers and advertisers that came to slash and burn Apple. These guys making reasonable profits and achieving good things are doing so at the expense of greed. The world is a good place.
Google's "don't be evil" has left me uncomfortable when combined their actions.
Cadbury pushed a whole bunch of innovative workplace conditions and purchased a collection of houses to supply the workforce, without the pressure or installation of unions.
https://www.cadbury.com.au/About-Cadbury/The-Story-of-Cadbury/The-Story-of-Cadbury---Continued.aspx https://www.cadbury.com.au/About-Cadbury/The-Story-of-Cadbur...
There will always be a fundamental conflict between what the worker can get from a company and what the company can get for it's goals. Unions can't change that and nor can bosses. We can see the good in the world for what it is.
- unapologetic 7y agoSteve Jobs died an obscenely wealthy man. Elon Musk will probably die an obscenely wealthy man. Every billionaire has a plan to save the world. None of them involve paying taxes.
- friendlybus 7y agoRemarkably ignorant. Mining billionaires have said they could pay more tax. Bill gates is one of the biggest proponents of a robot tax and patent reform. Elon is a billionaire in Tesla stocks, not liquid cash. Tesla pays payroll tax and a bunch of other taxes. What would you do with more taxes to save the world?
- Apocryphon 7y agoNone of these figures have ever supported a wealth tax. Fixing the water situation in Flint, Michigan would be a good starting point.