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Re: Advertising is devastating to my well-being

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Are you perhaps unfamiliar with capitalism? I do not think it is somehow a controversial statement that employees of a corporation have a fiduciary duty to their shareholders to maximize profit. He may have stated it in a controversial or misleading way, but it is not untrue. Additionally, it seems you have interpreted it as some sort of polemic regarding work/life balance, an interpretation which I do not believe is…

Capitalism is not about "milk(ing) you of as much of your money as possible." Yes, maximize revenue within the context of the law and ethics . His comment about milking people of all possible is the hallmark of charlatans and con men.

If you do something for "ethics" in a corporation, you have to be able to show that it is visible to the outside world and that in the end it will thereby increase your profits. For instance, envision an executive at a company giving an anonymous donation (of the company's money) to a charity with no conceivable connection to the business itself. There would be an immediate shareholder lawsuit.

The only places where the courts are touchy on this is religious-y things, like a policy of closing on Sundays.

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