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Re:What Companies Are For by cameronbrown on Sunday August 25, 2019 @12:08PM (#20793705)
Disagree. A competitive market cannot really exist without profit motive. We can have capitalism without monopolies and global corporatism, it just requires a little regulation.

I'm not saying profit motive is the only thing that drives corporations, but it's like breathing is to living creatures.

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Re:What Companies Are For by Ididntdothis on Sunday August 25, 2019 @12:11PM (#20793726)
I think we are saying the same thing. The profit motive is fine but it's not sufficient. Competition is needed.
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Re:What Companies Are For by cameronbrown on Sunday August 25, 2019 @12:31PM (#20793845)
What I'm saying is capitalism and competition go hand in hand. If they don't then that's a flaw with regulations (see: American health care).
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