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LocalH on March 17, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: U.S. is investigating Meta for role in drug sales

> If your business model doesn't work without doing unethical things, your business model should not work.

Modern capitalism doesn't seem to give two shits about that

kerkeslager on March 17, 2024 [–]

Having a conscience isn't profitable, and that profit is the only thing that capitalism optimizes for.

Sometimes being ethical is profitable, but not always.

More fundamentally, sometimes providing any value at all is profitable, but not always.

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