I normally bitch about companies and a workmate asked me if I am communist. Something so far from the reality, I am not Communist, actually I hate it.
I have been working for more than 10 years, I have seen how companies than suppose to be partners just stab each other in the back just for getting money.
I am not against getting money I am against getting money no matter what, I am against the lack of ethics and I dare to say 99% of companies don't give a shit about what I think.
@jrballesteros05 I think I understand you here, but my view is a little different.
Nowadays I have come to think of it more like this: we cannot expect companies to "do the right thing". Their purpose is to make money, that is what they will do. It is not so meaningful for us to be angry with them. Like a tiger in the jungle, it wants to hunt me and eat me, but there is no point for me to be angry at the tiger for that. It's a tiger, it does what tigers always do.
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@eliasr Hi. My point was not against getting money, I agree with getting money and I don't blame all the companies for that. I against the lack of ethics in everything just for get money. I said that because I worked in small and big companies and it seems all are the same. They lack of ethics.
For example, company I like (at the moment) is Purims, despite things sometimes don't go as they want they try to do the things right, they make mistakes of course but at least they try.
@jrballesteros05 I think it is true that companies don't have ethics.
It has been seen quite clearly here in Sweden where our education system has been changed so that companies can run schools. Still funded by tax money, but companies start schools and get money for that. Then many people have been surprised that the companies just do everything they can to make money. They don't fundamentally care about education, they fundamentally care about money.
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The point I wanted to make was that in my opinion, people should not be surprised that companies behave like that, because it is their nature very fundamentally, companies exist to make money for their owners. So we should not create systems like the school system is in Sweden now, we should not trust companies to behave ethically. At best, companies will follow the law, but they will always stretch the law as much as they can to make more money.
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You are right that Purism is different to some extent, I think that comes down to the "social purpose company" thing, it is really a formal difference, it means Purism, unlike normal companies, have some other goals in addition to making money.
The "social purpose company" idea is very interesting, I hope more good things can come from it in the future.
@eliasr Actually I am not surprised about companies behaviour but it does not mean I have to be quiet about that all the opposite I have to point what they are doing wrong. For example I don't want FLOSS to become like football, it started from people to people and it was stolen by rich. Now football is just a business because we let them.
At the moment I respect Purims and I hope they continue like that and success and don't become like Google.
@jrballesteros05 By the way, thank you for standing up for Stallman, it is much needed these days.
@eliasr I think we all make mistakes, and I saw with my own eyes how people could be destroyed by the cancel culture without any chance to be forgiven. I know many people don't like me because I defended RMS, it is normal I am not "gold coin" to be liked by everyone but despite I swear a lot I am much more tolerant and softer than people might think.
I did all I could and I don't regret about every single word I think about RMS.
@jrballesteros05 So then what to do?
I think for example, delete our facebook accounts, stop buying Apple/Google gadgets, and support things like the FSF, things like that are meaningful actions that can help shaping our society in a better way.
Of course we can still be angry at companies, but that anger is not in itself helping much, is my point. 🙂