From: Kai Becker (kmb@kai-m-becker.de)
Date: Mon Apr 08 2002 - 13:03:49 MDT
Am Montag, 8. April 2002 11:03 schrieb Forrest Bishop:
> > The problem is, that business entities only aim to maximize their
> > monetary win.
>
> Money is the non-productive medium of *exchange*, therefore a means and
> not and end in itself.
I'm sorry, Sir, in the business world I live and work, the companies try
everything to maximize the profit, because that is what their share holders
demand from them. It is at least the thruth for corporations like
DaimlerChrysler (my personal experience). Your local drug store may still
maintain an altruistic way of doing business; megacorps certainly don't.
> A business in a free market can only continue to exist if its clients
> want what it has to offer.
This would leave the social responsibility totally on the consumers side.
Okay, but how will the consumers be correctly informed about safety,
working conditions in far away countries, etc. without any official
controls? This would be the same situation as Saddam and his bio weapons.
And do you really think, that any Time-Warner branch would feature critical
reports about AOL? Would Microsoft ever sponsor Linux?
> > without a self-regulation, i.e. a negative feedback-factor, will
> > finally end in a catastrophy.
>
> Yes, and that is why socialist/statist empires and their fiat currencies
> always collapse.
The alleged "socialist" countries are perfect role models for megacorp
driven economies, where individual entrepreneurship has no room to develop.
Kai
-- == Kai M. Becker == kmb@kai-m-becker.de == Bremen, Germany == "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced"
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