In defense of the parent poster, they're making an altogether different point.

Their point, as I take it, is that investing in future welfare at the risk of current welfare rarely makes sense to people's minds, and in fact often jeopardizes future welfare as well as current, due to the fact that any harm it causes now may in fact carry over into the future.

What you're talking about, on the other hand, is about corporate greed and indifference. Very different scenario.

E.g. A struggling parent buying cheap bread for their kids today rather than starving them for a month to save money and feed them more nutritious food later, is not the kind of decision one would attribute to MBA driven obsessions. Nor is this parent a worse parent than a more affluent one who can afford such an investment without starving their children.

They are a worse parent than an identical but more affluent parent.

> Parents think that far into the future, as do thoughtful members of a productive society.

Ironically, thinking that far into the future results in many choosing not to become parents.

Point taken, but by “what person” is what average person in the world that is living day-to-day and is just trying to feed their kids tomorrow. I imagine most of the farmers in Sri Lanka are just trying to make it day-to-day.