> ah yes, the beautiful zero-sum view of the world, where no one does anything positive ever unless the blood price is paid I didn’t say that. We put rules on

> ah yes, the beautiful zero-sum view of the world, where no one does anything positive ever unless the blood price is paid I didn’t say that. We put rules on corporations to protect shareholders. Nothing prevents shareholders from taking profits and giving them away. But we don’t want the execs deciding to give away the shareholders moneys for them. This is also where taxes come in. While others are maximizing profits we take a cut and distribute it to hopefully add some more good to the world > i dont think a mutual benefit ought be required to do a little good My personal cynical belief is that there is always a mutual benefit, it could be of different kind but everyone gets something in return. We value goods/actions differently and don’t place $ on every action, but every action has a cost.