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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
hosford42@techhub.social ("Aaron") wrote:
I stick to ones that aren't controlled by for-profit corporations.
There's a general theme in *all* markets: Profit is intrinsically exploitative. I'm not talking about getting paid for labor. That's not profit. That's earnings. I'm talking about corporations sending off their profits to shareholders who offer nothing; they are paid simply for *owning* the company, in perpetuity. And they have no stake in the company's success *except* this endless stream of money. So their incentive is to open the spigot as wide as it will go, and juice the workers and customers for everything they're worth.
The simple fix? Cooperatives. The owners are the workers and/or customers. They have no incentive to exploit themselves. Their stake in the company's success is their continued *earnings*, for workers, and the beneficial products and services produced, for customers. And they are run democratically, not from the top (1%) down.