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Re:For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now ... by hcarvalhoalves on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:24PM (#21972876)
Not long ago, it seems companies were still in the business of making tractors, or cars, or cakes, or something... Nowadays it seems every company is in the business of making money and paying bonuses for directors. The rest is an excuse.
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Re:For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now ... by ianmcgowan on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:46PM (#21973105)
There are some robber baron's from the late 1800's that would like to have a word...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robber_baron_(industrialist)

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Re:For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now ... by hcarvalhoalves on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @10:39PM (#22061493)
The fact we label those "Robber Baron's", but not today's ones as such, speaks a lot.
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Re:For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now ... by smabie on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:51PM (#21973168)
The teleological purpose of a company is to make money. Also, what time period are you talking about, exactly?
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Re:For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now ... by TeMPOraL on Monday January 06, 2020 @07:37PM (#21975349)
Perhaps at the time people did not accept this concept? I mean, if people don't see a problem with switching terminal values (feeding people) and instrumental values (making money) around, then there's no hope for humanity anymore.
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