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all good points. super confusing times we live in right now. Are we going to evolve where theres conservative companies and liberal companies who only support c

all good points. super confusing times we live in right now. Are we going to evolve where theres conservative companies and liberal companies who only support customers of that same belief system? I dont think so but who knows. I dont see how anyone can get think we are going down a path that wont lead to ugly, ugly times.

capableweb 6y ago
I think (and/or hope maybe) that eventually people will realize that corporations are just that, corporations. The purpose is to earn money. If you (also/more) care about something else, then you don't work for a corporation, you work for something else.
- northernjames 6y ago
  Thinking only about profit can and has lead corporations to some pretty dark places. Just because you work for a corporation does not absolve you basic human decency.
  - capableweb 6y ago
    I agree! But, short-term profits are different than long-term profits as well. I think the sooner people realize what capitalism does to our world and how focusing on profits, ownership and consumerism makes everything more shit, the better.
- rsynnott 6y ago
  > I think (and/or hope maybe) that eventually people will realize that corporations are just that, corporations. The purpose is to earn money. Even assuming that were true (Hootsuite is a B Corp, so it's not quite that simple), companies have to engage in reputation management as part of making money. The result of this is that even entirely profit-focused companies will often refuse to deal with certain suppliers and customers. This is effectively a cost of doing business for highly disreputable companies and organisations; certain suppliers simply won't deal with them. As I mentioned elsewhere, pornography is a particularly dramatic example, with its own (very expensive) supporting ecosystem of companies.

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all good points. super confusing times we live in right now. Are we going to evolve where theres conservative companies and liberal companies who only support c

by hiimtroymclure 6y ago

capableweb 6y ago
I think (and/or hope maybe) that eventually people will realize that corporations are just that, corporations. The purpose is to earn money. If you (also/more) care about something else, then you don't work for a corporation, you work for something else.
- northernjames 6y ago
  Thinking only about profit can and has lead corporations to some pretty dark places. Just because you work for a corporation does not absolve you basic human decency.
  - capableweb 6y ago
    I agree! But, short-term profits are different than long-term profits as well. I think the sooner people realize what capitalism does to our world and how focusing on profits, ownership and consumerism makes everything more shit, the better.
- rsynnott 6y ago
  > I think (and/or hope maybe) that eventually people will realize that corporations are just that, corporations. The purpose is to earn money. Even assuming that were true (Hootsuite is a B Corp, so it's not quite that simple), companies have to engage in reputation management as part of making money. The result of this is that even entirely profit-focused companies will often refuse to deal with certain suppliers and customers. This is effectively a cost of doing business for highly disreputable companies and organisations; certain suppliers simply won't deal with them. As I mentioned elsewhere, pornography is a particularly dramatic example, with its own (very expensive) supporting ecosystem of companies.