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Trudeau calls out Poilievre after top Conservative adviser is tied to Loblaw lobbying (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 9 months ago by Worstdriver to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In my experience corporations serve their shareholders (and maybe board and executive s).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Their point is that it's the corporations job to serve society, not the contrary, and if they don't do their job (like you said) they should be nationalized.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We might live better if this were true (maybe not), but it is not at all their job. Neither is it our job to serve them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If it's not their job to help society then why should we let them exist?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
  1. You are free to not spend money there
  2. If you took this logic and turned it around, i could see an argument saying the moment you stop helping society why should we let you exist

I agree that in the best interests of having a pleasant place to live, or elected officials should force them to sell at not so great a profit. I feel like "they shouldn't be allowed to exist" is a poor way to put it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

People who don't help society end up in prison and corporations aren't people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

untrue, many examples first one that comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackler_family

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Go and kill someone and get caught, tell me how that goes for ya 🙂

Also, you're in a Canadian community here.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

besides the example i gave actually harming people, and them not being in prison, to go from "people who don't help society" to murder is kind of a stretch isn't it?

you realize it's possible to neither help nor harm society.

i am canadian, are we limited to examples only of canadian's who harm societies, C suite of loblaws isn't in jail are they?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Commit fraud then

And yes the country matters. Ever heard of... Laws?