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Re:Apple Accelerates US Manufacturing by mschuster91 on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @09:24PM (#47146513)
> Businesses moved manufacturing to China because their goal is to make as much money as possible.

There used to be other times and more honorable businessmen. Then came the Dodge Brothers who managed to get a court judgement asserting shareholder supremacy over long term interests [1].

The only thing I never understood is how in god's name Amazon got away with reinvesting profits and never dishing out to shareholders for decades.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_v._Ford_Motor_Co.

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Re:Apple Accelerates US Manufacturing by cucumber3732842 on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @05:57AM (#47149952)
>There used to be other times and more honorable businessmen

The 1930s through 1960s (i.e. industrialization had matured but you can't construe it as "modern" business) are chock full of corporate raiders, acquisitions with nearly monopolistic goals, cartels, etc.

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