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0 pointsstavros1y ago0 comments

"If companies who don't optimize for profit optimized for profit they would be the same as the companies who optimize for profit" is fairly obviously true, and also useless.

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lupusreal1y ago· 3 in thread

So are you conceding that an economy built entirely out of coops would suffer from reduced productivity?

stavrosOP1y ago

You're asking me if an economy that optimized for happiness instead of productivity would suffer from reduced productivity? Yes, yes it would, and it would also suffer from increased happiness.

Again, this is a culture thing, where I'm saying "I don't care about being productive, as long as I'm happy", and you're coming from a Protestant work ethic place of "but how can you be happy if you aren't productive?".

orangecat1y ago

Again, this is a culture thing, where I'm saying "I don't care about being productive, as long as I'm happy",

And you're free to work part time or switch to a lower-paying job that you enjoy more. I did the latter recently; it's great, and I'm thankful that our economy is so productive that I can still afford everything I need.

lupusreal1y ago

I think you're confusing productivity with profit. Regardless of how company profits are distributed, our society needs productivity. I pointed out that coops are less efficient in terms of productivity, and you responded by complaining about how much money Bezos has. Redistributing the money won't make up for a decrease in productivity, which will harm society as a whole.

As for me being some sort of Christian; I'm not and I take that as an insult. Kindly go fuck yourself.

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