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> It is very hard to convince people that are legitimately working hard for their personal well being that they should also give thoughts to those that come nex
by robertlagrant 3y ago
> It is very hard to convince people that are legitimately working hard for their personal well being that they should also give thoughts to those that come next.
What have you tried?
- taeric 3y agoFair question, I think? But I am not exactly in a position to really try anything. What do you have in mind?
- robertlagrant 3y agoSorry - I wasn't clear. I mean what have you tried that leads you to know this: > It is very hard to convince people that are legitimately working hard for their personal well being that they should also give thoughts to those that come next
- taeric 3y agoI'm mainly reflecting on friends and family that are heavily anti tax. Probably most easily seen by places that have a hard time justifying the funding of a school district.
- Joker_vD 3y agoI knew a guy who was not exactly anti-tax, but he believed that poor people should be taxed more heavily than the rich ones, the moral justification being that that would motivate the poor to try harder to be rich; plus, of course, there are more poor people, and taxing them would likely yield more money than taxing the rich, not to mention that much of the taxes go to the social programs to support the poor, so it's only fair if they paid for those themselves.
- hinkley 3y agoI can’t speak for OP but the fact that business ethics classes tend to be viewed not as cautionary tales but as how-tos indicates to me that the whole system is rotten at the core.
- mrguyorama 3y agoSo much worse is just how unserious they are taken. People consider them jokes instead of somber reflections on harms done by assholes and negligence.
- xkekjrktllss 3y agoCapitalism is the rules, not business ethics classes.
- hinkley 3y agoOne of the kids I know is in a business ethics class right now and thinks it's bullshit ("describe a time when you were a decent human being") so I see things haven't really changed in 25 years, and the old jokes still work.
- xkekjrktllss 3y agoIt is a fact that the rules prioritize profit over being a decent human being. Why not change that?
- hinkley 3y agoI’m told that those 80’s and 90’s Greed is Good/Wallstreet movies were spawned by a book called Liar’s Poker. Like the guy who accidentally invented Waterfall, it was meant as a cautionary tale and people thought it sounded good, let’s try it. Haven’t read it but I keep meaning to.