This highlights a fundamental misunderstanding on how companies are supposed to operate.
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ileftreddit@piefed.social 7 months ago
$1.8 billion would have paid all 9000 people 200k for a year. 27 billion profit for one quarter.
vga@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
skisnow@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
This comment highlights a fundamental misunderstanding on how society should tolerate companies operating.
socialsecurity@piefed.social 7 months ago
This is what winning looks like and most people are just hostage
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
It is almost like it is a for profit company or something
It isn’t a charity. The goal is to bring in money for the investors, nothing else.
JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
-10 downvotes for stating a fact.
Darth_Lemmy@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
it’s not the fact part it’s the seemingly on the side of the corpos and defending them for being shit stains by saying tHaTs WhAt ThEy ArE SuPpOsEd To Do
JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
In a capitalist system, that is what they are supposed to do. They are even compelled by law to maximise their return to investors. You are attacking them for stating a fact, believing that by merely uttering the fact, they are endorsing it.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Lemmy is a weird place
tane4@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Always two dumb bitches telling each other “exaaaactly”
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
do enough bad business and it’ll whip right around and effect those profits. watch.
Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Sure it will. Boeing, the entire O&G sector and blackrock have all suddenly filed bankruptcy.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Let’s look at the stock history: oh yeah boeing hasn’t suffered financially at all. let’s see, 2019: peaks at $422… today $221
now, I’m not gonna tell you that’s fallen far enough to make up for the shittery, but it’s hardly doing their business good.
but thanks for playing!