• naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 hours ago

    Companies don’t think.

    Employees are thinking “I like my job/it pays the bills/my coworkers are fun/it’s an interesting problem/the nerd rapture is here”

    Bosses are thinking “This gets me fat stacks”

    Investors are thinking “This will get me stupidly fat stacks, and if it causes social problems I won’t bear the cost”

    Also everyone is thinking “me not doing this just means it happens anyway but I don’t benefit”

    Read Marx, like I’m not shitposting. If you want to understand why these traps happen and why capitalism keeps going here read Marx. You don’t need to 100% agree with him but the economic analysis is invaluable.