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Simply disallowing corporations to reach the scale of Facebook/ConAgra/Amazon/WalMart would solve many many problems. These companies do awful things because:
by munificent 5y ago
Simply disallowing corporations to reach the scale of Facebook/ConAgra/Amazon/WalMart would solve many many problems.
These companies do awful things because:
1. They have few viable alternatives so ethical consumers end up choosing them when they might not otherwise.
2. They have enough money that it is profitable to do bad things and pay for the damage control.
3. They have enough power to defeat regulation and government oversight.
4. They are so large and monolithic that they can hide their internal workings more easily.
5. The org chart is so deep that those in power are psychologically removed from much of the consequences of their overpowered actions.
- eightysixfour 5y agoSo for a digital platform you are suggesting that after X users they allow no more sign-ups until someone churns out?
- munificent 5y agoI don't think number of users is the metric that really matters. I care a lot more about market cap because money is what gives corporations greater leverage to do bad stuff.
- eightysixfour 5y agoWhat about companies with large market caps that are losing money?