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1. akerl_+(OP)[view] [source] 2014-06-13 04:25:33
What are Apple and Tesla trying for, if not profits? Both are certainly great at leveraging marketing and PR announcements like this to appear as some kind of shining pillar of goodness, but at the end of the day they're both businesses.

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2. nitrog+i[view] [source] 2014-06-13 04:33:26
>>akerl_+(OP)
Saying that all corporations are equally trying for profits above all else is kind of like saying that the only purpose of living is reproducing. It grossly oversimplifies the situation, despite the fact that some corporations do seem to focus only on profit, and some humans to focus only on reproduction.
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3. akerl_+31[view] [source] [discussion] 2014-06-13 04:56:04
>>nitrog+i
If I had said that, then yes, it would have been quite foolish. But I did not say that all corporations are striving with equal fervor, nor that they focus solely on profit.
4. ejain+a3[view] [source] 2014-06-13 06:20:40
>>akerl_+(OP)
All companies strive for profits, but some take a more short term view than others.
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