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Is it evil that a Google One subscription or a software package costs a lot less in Bangladesh than in America? Are Americans being harmed here? Should a globa

Is it evil that a Google One subscription or a software package costs a lot less in Bangladesh than in America? Are Americans being harmed here? Should a global union be formed to force Bangladeshi prices up to parity with the States? Pricing discrimination is not "evil". It is emotionally unintuitive but that is not the same thing.

_8j50 4y ago
Labor does not get treated like a product or service provides by a business. People have rights and comprise a nation/government. Businessses don't. If Labour is treated like a business the it's time to change society and government. Businesses must adopt to labour needs ans laws.
2fast4you 4y ago
Okay but we’re not talking about a product we’re talking about humans. Real people’s lives. Throwing out emotion is inherently evil.
- chii 4y ago
  Are the wolves that eat the young and weak who cannot escape from predators "evil"? The idea that corporations who optimize their costs is evil can be analogous to wolves above. If you believe that corporations cannot be allowed to do this, then change the rules of "nature". Luckily, this rule of nature is easier to change in a democracy.
ipaddr 4y ago
Is discrimination price or otherwise evil... What if you had different prices for different races... probably bad Different genders? Might be acceptable for some products but not others Different states? Sure. Sometimes services cost different groups more or less. That's not evil. Sometimes you can get away with it even if it doesn't. Probably evil
whateveracct 4y ago
Treating wages like free market prices is so off base and ignores the fundamental idea that workers have rights.
- GolfPopper 4y ago
  From the POV of corporations (which, these days, are basically paper-clip maximizing AIs that run on a mix of human brains and computer chips) this is not a problem.
  - whateveracct 4y ago
    Why is it not a problem? They still have to respect people's labor rights. I mean - they can choose to violate them. That wouldn't be new.
- abigail95 4y ago
  The deadweight loss from not treating wages as market prices would be enormous. 45% of GDP is wages. Unless you don't understand the power of markets or pricing systems, you would not suggest this. There are a lot of people, including Uber drivers who would fight for the ability to pick and choose what jobs they work for and at what price.
  - whateveracct 4y ago
    Workers already have rights. What do you think the deadweight loss is from those? Should we get rid of them to boost GDP? Of course we won't have optimized GDP if we give people rights. Acting like maximizing GDP is an unarguable goal is so HN.
Dylan16807 4y ago
These people aren't in different countries with different purchasing power per dollar. You're talking about a completely different issue. And so is your other post talking about commissions.

_8j50 4y ago

Labor does not get treated like a product or service provides by a business. People have rights and comprise a nation/government. Businessses don't. If Labour is treated like a business the it's time to change society and government. Businesses must adopt to labour needs ans laws.

2fast4you 4y ago

Okay but we’re not talking about a product we’re talking about humans. Real people’s lives. Throwing out emotion is inherently evil.

chii 4y ago
Are the wolves that eat the young and weak who cannot escape from predators "evil"? The idea that corporations who optimize their costs is evil can be analogous to wolves above. If you believe that corporations cannot be allowed to do this, then change the rules of "nature". Luckily, this rule of nature is easier to change in a democracy.

ipaddr 4y ago

Is discrimination price or otherwise evil... What if you had different prices for different races... probably bad Different genders? Might be acceptable for some products but not others Different states? Sure. Sometimes services cost different groups more or less. That's not evil. Sometimes you can get away with it even if it doesn't. Probably evil

whateveracct 4y ago

Treating wages like free market prices is so off base and ignores the fundamental idea that workers have rights.

GolfPopper 4y ago
From the POV of corporations (which, these days, are basically paper-clip maximizing AIs that run on a mix of human brains and computer chips) this is not a problem.
- whateveracct 4y ago
  Why is it not a problem? They still have to respect people's labor rights. I mean - they can choose to violate them. That wouldn't be new.
abigail95 4y ago
The deadweight loss from not treating wages as market prices would be enormous. 45% of GDP is wages. Unless you don't understand the power of markets or pricing systems, you would not suggest this. There are a lot of people, including Uber drivers who would fight for the ability to pick and choose what jobs they work for and at what price.
- whateveracct 4y ago
  Workers already have rights. What do you think the deadweight loss is from those? Should we get rid of them to boost GDP? Of course we won't have optimized GDP if we give people rights. Acting like maximizing GDP is an unarguable goal is so HN.

Dylan16807 4y ago

These people aren't in different countries with different purchasing power per dollar. You're talking about a completely different issue. And so is your other post talking about commissions.