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Profit is not a sin. On the contrary it is a 1 to 1 match with the good that it is providing its users. This idea that services shouldn't turn a profit is a ma
by jdasdf 5y ago
Profit is not a sin. On the contrary it is a 1 to 1 match with the good that it is providing its users.
This idea that services shouldn't turn a profit is a massive problem.
- GraemeMeyer 5y agoNobody reasonable is saying that profit making is a sin, the argument is that only allowing/focusing on direct profit making services is shortsighted and misses opportunities to implement services that have indirect benefits
- jodrellblank 5y agoCoca Cola provides more good to people than water, penicillin, insulin, cabbage, schools, libraries or parkland, because Coca Cola is more profitable than water, penicillin, insulin, cabbage, school, libraries and parkland?
- iso1210 5y agoMy understanding is insulin in the US is sold at ridiculous prices for profit, where as in the rest of the world it's just something that people who need it have it, like water, cabbage and schools.
- gatlin 5y agoZero-sum profit certainly requires taking from someone else to succeed. This doesn't make it immoral as such but it creates malevolent incentives.