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If I say action X hurts the poor and you say if we lived in an entirely different society then action X wouldn’t hurt the poor, have we actually disagreed? —-

If I say action X hurts the poor and you say if we lived in an entirely different society then action X wouldn’t hurt the poor, have we actually disagreed? —- For the other part I agree companies aren’t charities. My entire point here is that people should quit trying to pressure them into acting like charities. Let companies make money, that’s what they are good at. If you want to eliminate ICE engines pass a law.

triceratops 6y ago
> people should quit trying to pressure them into acting like charities You keep saying "pressure" as if it's a magic word. How can you pressure a business to do something against what it believes to be its own (or its shareholders') interest? All kinds of people lobby companies and government to do literally everything under the sun. Companies don't listen to all of them. They only listen to the ones they think are good for them. And if they choose wrong, the market will punish them. Right? On a separate note "companies shouldn't be woke" people also tend to be among the most ardent worshippers of the free market. Somehow their faith is shaken when companies do something they personally disagree with - then they fall back to "they're just giving in to activist pressure". I'm not saying you're like that. Just pointing out the irony. Re: more expensive cars hurting the poor in North America, I'm honestly skeptical. If anything more expensive cars will be a forcing function towards developing more affordable housing close to work and better public transportation systems. Kind of an inverse Jevon's paradox. This will save the poor money in the long term.