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		mfringel on June 26, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber's Original Blog and First Posts If you have a bucket of honey and a bucket of poop, and you combine one with the other, you have two buckets of poop.

1stop on June 26, 2015 [–]

Given capitalism gives us the profit motive.

The profit motive inevitably leads to a company prioritising dollars over people (whether that is a consumer/supplier/employee/etc). Lets also agree that prioritisation is generally considered "Evil".

Are all for profit companies buckets of poop?

Is capitalism evil?

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