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Personally I think the Patagonia thing is mostly marketing, but that aside, I think it's a desirable feature of a tax system that taxes can be avoided in this w

Personally I think the Patagonia thing is mostly marketing, but that aside, I think it's a desirable feature of a tax system that taxes can be avoided in this way. One way to think of taxes is the government saying "if you're not going to spend money on your own for the public good, well take it and do it for you". Letting people decide which charity / good their money gets spent on as a a first option is more efficient and gives more direct agency over how we spend our money to help society

dewey 4y ago
> Personally I think the Patagonia thing is mostly marketing I would've said the same about many companies, but after reading some books (Especially the older one from the founder: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22155.Let_My_People_Go_Surfing https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22155.Let_My_People_Go_S...) I feel it's genuine in their case and not just greenwashing. There's many instances in this book where they did the right thing, even if it as not the standard and they could've made more money by doing it the "standard" way (worker rights, materials, jumping on fast fashion trends,...).
- coldtea 4y ago
  Or so is the framing that the founder uses!
  - dewey 4y ago
    It's very easy to be cynical and always see the worst in people, but it's still possible that people are reasonable and like to do the right thing.
    - coldtea 4y ago
      Very easy. But also very right most of the time. Especially if the people are billionaire founders of huge companies...