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What's some really unpopular opinion you have? (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.

Do you have some that's really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Corporations should only be allowed to exist as long as they're doing more good for society than the damage they do. Businesses should either be a net positive or run by people who are individually and jointly liable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think regular people would disagree with you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Sadly, yes. Probably not here but on the global scale... Because a lot of people see themselves as a future billionaire and they don't want to ruin for their future self.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ok, wich company does more harm than good? Only i can think of are a certain banana company and a certain company from Switzerland...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

How exactly would you define such a law? “Doing good” is extremely subjective.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

as long as they are doing more good for society than the damage they do

Isn’t that what profit is?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

100% no.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Most company lawyers are only here to fight other company lawyers. Huge expensives company that do not profit anything to society.

Most of the trading and investment world makes money for barely anything useful for society.

Lobbying in a net negative for society financially and politically.

Basically most corporate jobs are useless, they do not produce anything valuable for society despite bringing profit for their employee and owners.