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Because they are humans that are not legal slaves. Happy employees don't quit, produce more and contribute to their community. In what way is denying all of tha
by jprd 5y ago
Because they are humans that are not legal slaves. Happy employees don't quit, produce more and contribute to their community. In what way is denying all of that furthering anyone's agenda except the craven individual driving it?
Capitalism as a zero-sum game is myopic at best. Based on your comment I wouldn't be totally surprised to hear some esoteric argument to support the economic wisdom behind chattel slavery.
Civilization was created by people working together to survive, and then thrive. Throughout history it has been captured by strongmen annd enabled by fear. The US forgot the face of its father and started to concentrate on "Shareholder Value" insanity after Marshall Plan.
Pirate Equity firms swoop in and start dismantling all that was built for quick profits, not only destroying communities, but eliminating proficiency in all types of industry.
Do you think that pattern is valid, moral and what you'd want to achieve as an entrepreneur? I am curious and not trying to attack, is this the kind of idea you'd want promulgated into the future? How can that lead somewhere positive?
- gruez 5y agoYou seem to be arguing "companies should be nice to workers". I don't disagree that's a worthy goal in and of itself, but that's not what I'm asking/disputing. The whole idea of henry ford story is that paying your employees well benefits them AND the business, a win-win for all. The first part by itself (ie. "that paying your employees well benefits them") is pretty obvious and doesn't need discussing. My original comment is questioning whether the second part is also true, but your comment doesn't address that at all. If that can be proven, then we'll basically have zero opposition to eliminating poverty. Imagine: we get to lift people out of poverty AND billionaires get richer? Who can say no?