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Can you blame them? It was cheaper to outsource than automate, so why wouldn't they have outsourced?
by cercatrova 7y ago
Can you blame them? It was cheaper to outsource than automate, so why wouldn't they have outsourced?
- praeter 7y agoI can't blame them, just like I can't blame a company for becoming a monopoly. We need to regulate them like we do with antitrust, worker's rights, and other things. The free market unabated is terrible for humanity.
- ngold 7y agoIt's worse then that, we all live in a socialist society, it's just a corporate socialism. A free market would be a fantastic start. There is a real lack of competition and innovation in our socialist model.
- cercatrova 7y agoYes, a true free market can only exist via governmental regulation, as otherwise, companies tend towards monopolies and collusion. It would be nice to have such a market, but I do wonder how we'll get there with moneyed interests at the door.
- brandonmenc 7y agoI can't "blame" a corporation, because it's not a person. But they are run by people, those people are the ones crafting the legal and regulatory environment that encourages this behavior, and we can certainly blame them.
- cercatrova 7y agoI can't blame the workers either. They are driven by incentives, so of course they'll fulfill their incentives. Expecting them to do the right thing without incentivizing them to do so doesn't effect any change. If you want to change them, change their incentives, whether through money, government regulation, or other.