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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 41 points 6 months ago (2 children)

They were literally like, “Fuck that. Let’s do evil.”

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Good: Less money now, maybe better long term reputation and more sustainable business.

Evil: More money now, better quarterly report this quarter. Who gives a fuck about the long term.

The choice was obvious from the start. Sigh...

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Pure Evil: more money now, and all the money later from crushing competition and taking over the government

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Zacryon@lemmy.wtf 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

People suck.
Removing money doesn't stop people from being assholes.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 6 months ago

Then again, greed and power definitely corrupts people. But if you mean all people have that potential, then yea.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Ironically it aligned pretty closely with changing their decision to not engage in this very behavior in China.