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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by heathrow83829 on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @12:44PM (#44445862)
I agree that companies who are monopolies (especially government granted monopolies) have a responsibility towards society. But this does not apply to companies that need to compete to exist. For example, if a restaraunt or airlines (highly competitive industry), did anything to reduce their competitiveness they would instantly loose marketshare. that doesn't work.

which one is Microsoft?

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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by riffraff on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @02:07PM (#44446949)
It does not apply if regulation allows it, but this does not need to be the case, and has been debated for decades

> [the New Deal architect, A. A. Berle] argued that corporations should "serve ... all society" through legally enforceable rules

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berle%E2%80%93Dodd_debate

"profit is the only goal" is not a law of nature, it's the outcome of a specific system of laws.

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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by DrillShopper on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @02:54PM (#44447454)
Yes, and who owns the politicians that make those laws?

It certainly isn't the worker.

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