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golemotron · 2014-07-20 · Original thread
> Do remember the function of a corporation. It's to make money for its stakeholders. If it's a publically traded entity, its job is to increase shareholder returns at all costs. This goes to the point above. It's not personal, it's business. Humanity is, sadly, often just collateral damage.

Important reading on this:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Corporation-Pathological-Pursuit-P...

http://www.amazon.com/Who-Really-Matters-Privilege-Success-e...

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