L4sBot@lemmy.worldB to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoThere's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing powerwww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down161file-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1263arrow-down1external-linkThere's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing powerwww.salon.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldB to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square103fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
Commentary: Longtime former Republican on Patrick Deneen and the demise of the conservative intellectual
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoI am quite confident that the dollar will remain the world currency, likely until we move to a single world currency in the far future.
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoYou don’t think Nestle or other corporations ever do wrong? Maybe your friends think they do
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·1 year agoEveryone does wrong at some point, including all businesses. Corporations aren’t monoliths
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoSo it’s okay if Nestle exploits an entire community as long as it serves the greater good?
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoIf Nestle bought the property to your town’s water supply, and sold it back to you for a profit, that would still be for the greater good?
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIf it means jobs at Nestle, income for the government from a large corporation that otherwise wouldn’t exist in a developing nation, and increased standard of living nationwide? Yes, absolutely.
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoChild slavery doesn’t matter if it means jobs: https://utopia.org/guide/5-of-nestles-worst-controversies-explained/
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAh yes, supporting one act certainly means I support all acts.
I am quite confident that the dollar will remain the world currency, likely until we move to a single world currency in the far future.
You don’t think Nestle or other corporations ever do wrong? Maybe your friends think they do
Everyone does wrong at some point, including all businesses. Corporations aren’t monoliths
So it’s okay if Nestle exploits an entire community as long as it serves the greater good?
Yes?
If Nestle bought the property to your town’s water supply, and sold it back to you for a profit, that would still be for the greater good?
If it means jobs at Nestle, income for the government from a large corporation that otherwise wouldn’t exist in a developing nation, and increased standard of living nationwide? Yes, absolutely.
Child slavery doesn’t matter if it means jobs: https://utopia.org/guide/5-of-nestles-worst-controversies-explained/
Ah yes, supporting one act certainly means I support all acts.