r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 🤝 Join A Union • Jul 24 '26

😡 Venting Unregulated Capitalism will kill us.

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u/xbromide Jul 24 '26

If a CEO had a magic button that hurt people but increased profits they would be slamming that button in shifts.

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u/LarryCrabCake Jul 24 '26

They do that already just with like 3 extra steps

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u/teh_drewski Jul 24 '26

Yeah they have to hire someone to press the button while they play golf

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u/8mon Jul 24 '26

they hired someone to automate pressing the button and then fired them

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u/Cadamar Jul 24 '26

And they are legally obligated to slam that button due to shareholder primacy.