• grue@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    They have a fiduciary duty to be as shitty as humanly possible.

    They don’t – that’s a cargo-cult misunderstanding of Dodge v. Ford Motor Co – but it’s so widely believed I guess it might as well be true.

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      19 hours ago

      If the people sitting on the Supreme Court believe it, and I believe the majority of those shitbags do, then that is unfortunately the law as it stands.

      But when the law is unethical, I don’t see why we should be lawful.

    • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
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      17 hours ago

      Well, there is plenty of evidence to the contrary, such as the way Costco mostly operates. Being the good guys has a lot of brand value. With a little nurturing of the vast propaganda machine known as advertising, that could be improved.