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> You're concerned that people can be immoral because their economic decisions are harmful to corporations? You're worried about whether both sides are "happy"
by mantrax3 13y ago
> You're concerned that people can be immoral because their economic decisions are harmful to corporations? You're worried about whether both sides are "happy" when one side is a corporation incapable of experiencing feelings? I think you've lost track of what's important.
I feel like your mind is playing a trick on you. Corporations don't exist as a standalone entity. They're an aggregate entity - one that's made of people.
It's not corporations vs. people. It's people trying to be happy working with other people who also are trying to be happy. We're all trying to work together and build something that's bigger than any of us.
A corporation can't "feel", but it also can't "think", or "decide". The people in it feel, think and decide.
When people "harm the corporation", they hurt other people whose hard work gets diminished in the process.
Maybe you think management is "incapable of feeling", well, then sure, you better leave that company. But I'm insulted by the implication that's the rule, rather than the exception.
And also I'm insulted by the implication these companies are in it just for the money. While Google and Apple, the two biggest companies mired in this scandal are led by people with widely different world views, do you honestly think they're in it just for the money?
Maybe you're letting your cynicism inform your opinions too much, or maybe you're working for a company that really is focused just on money. But don't speak for everyone.
- rspeer 13y agoIf you're not personifying corporations, I just don't understand who's supposed to be "unhappy" when a worker gets a raise. The person in payroll? It doesn't actually make them unhappy to put higher numbers on a check. Someone in management who sets budgets? Working with economic constraints is their job. People I know in this role are happy when they're able to give raises, because their employees are happy. The shareholders? Cry me a goddamn river. Of course there are people who are passionate about their work at large corporations, but you can't tell me that the large corporation is what they would choose if they could do anything they wanted with their life and money was no object.