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Re:Shopify to cut 20% of its workforce, beats quarterly reve... by AndrewKemendo on Thursday May 04, 2023 @10:22AM (#35815818)
The conceit that there exists human actions that are exempt from “morality” is fundamentally depraved.
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Re:Shopify to cut 20% of its workforce, beats quarterly reve... by bhargav on Thursday May 04, 2023 @12:49PM (#35818437)
I don’t understand the point you’re trying to make. Are you suggesting that all corporations actions are based on morality?

I was pointing out that’s not the case.

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Re:Shopify to cut 20% of its workforce, beats quarterly reve... by drewbug01 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @01:20PM (#35818926)
> Are you suggesting that all corporations actions are based on morality?

I believe the suggestion is that they certainly should be based in some moral system. Corporations are a convenient fiction we use to shield the actual humans from the effects of the actions they collectively take.

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