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Selling stuff to people isn't a bad thing. My own personal example: I work for eBay Inc., so my job is to be a cog in a bigger picture like you said. That bigg
by Domenic_S 14y ago
Selling stuff to people isn't a bad thing. My own personal example:
I work for eBay Inc., so my job is to be a cog in a bigger picture like you said. That bigger picture is game-changing commerce. I don't know the numbers, but some large amount of people have found a way to make a full-time living selling on eBay, or Magento, or some other platform using PayPal to take payments. They feed their families by selling stuff in our marketplaces. On the buyer's side, we help people get what they want for the best price. That makes people's lives better, too.
Maybe it's just rationalization. :) But I do think that many capitalist companies create a net positive for the world.
- solistice 14y agoI think you could deduce the net positive from comparing capitalist companies to communist combinats. Somehow they churn out more, cheaper and better. They're people who spout that that's materialism and bad, and then they say we should help the poor. But more, cheaper, better helps the poor. So no matter how you turn it, it's a net plus.
- solistice 14y agoI think you could deduce the net positive from comparing capitalist companies to communist combinats. Somehow they churn out more, cheaper and better. They're people who spout that that's materialism and bad, and then they say we should help the poor. But more, cheaper, better helps the poor. So no matter how you turn it, it's a net plus.