Seriously. I hate to be a dick, but I don't get how it's often possible to believe something that stupid (despite the fact that many, many people do, especially

Seriously. I hate to be a dick, but I don't get how it's often possible to believe something that stupid (despite the fact that many, many people do, especially on HN). This model of corporations' decision as incapable of being influenced by anything but maximizing profit in a vacuum is trivially belied by examples like this[1]. (To head off the inevitable-but-nonsensical response that averting an employee revolt helps the bottom line...that's trivially true, but turns the statement into a tautological one, defining a "corporation" as some formless void that somehow doesn't include anyone making the decisions). [1] https://www.nytimes.com https://www.nytimes.com › google-pentagon-project-maven