I mean, if these companies are gonna exploit literally everyone without even bothering to pay their workers a living wage, then nothing of value will be lost.
Yeh except 100,000s of people will all be at the unemployment centre all looking for the same jobs that don’t exist and have even less money.
Look at the bigger picture than just your own bias.
I’m not FOR these companies but there would be a massive negative flow on effect for so many people if someone came along and shut them all down in an instant.
Do you think Nestle just makes it and people are like “oh. alright guess I’ll just buy this?” ?
they produce the stuff they do because there’s demand for those products. If nestle stopped bottling water and selling it at inflated prices while being shitheels… someone else will step in to meet the demand that exists.
they may also be shit heels. they may not. but those jobs will largely still exist… and probably still suck.
they produce the stuff they do because there’s demand for those products. If nestle stopped bottling water and selling it at inflated prices while being shitheels… someone else will step in to meet the demand that exists.
This is literally the origin of the term “the customer is always right.” Imagine you create the world’s most perfect product. It is truly revolutionary. It meaningfully improves your customers’ lives, it is easy to manufacture and get to your customers, it is cheap, and it is durable. It is all of the things that a perfect product should be. And you have a competitor. This is a bad imitation. It’s more expensive, it’s less durable, it’s worse at what it does, and it’s more difficult to manufacture.
And yet, the competitor is consistently selling out, while you struggle to sell enough to make ends meet. Even though your product is better in every measurable way, you are selling the wrong product. The customer is always right, and in this example the customer wants the shitty (and more expensive) version. It doesn’t matter how good your product is in comparison. The customer is the ultimate driving force behind whether or not you’ll be able to sell anything, and is therefore always right. If you insist on selling your perfect (but unmarketable) version, it isn’t the customer’s fault when you go bankrupt. It is your fault for trying to defy the customer.
And you know what companies like Nestle, Amazon, etc are really good at? Finding what customers want. And yes, the customer tends to be stupid and short-sighted. But the customer is always right.
Be the richest person ever, buy them, and then shut them down.
And then hundreds of thousands of people are out of work at no fault of their own.
All these companies can go fuck themselves but I think of the individuals who are employed by them so they can survive.
I mean, if these companies are gonna exploit literally everyone without even bothering to pay their workers a living wage, then nothing of value will be lost.
Yeh except 100,000s of people will all be at the unemployment centre all looking for the same jobs that don’t exist and have even less money. Look at the bigger picture than just your own bias.
I’m not FOR these companies but there would be a massive negative flow on effect for so many people if someone came along and shut them all down in an instant.
Those jobs won’t actually go away.
There’s still demand for the products they’re producing and such like.
It just won’t be Nestle or whoever signing the checks.
Why would there be a demand for stolen water and a campaign against water being a basic human right?
Do you think Nestle just makes it and people are like “oh. alright guess I’ll just buy this?” ?
they produce the stuff they do because there’s demand for those products. If nestle stopped bottling water and selling it at inflated prices while being shitheels… someone else will step in to meet the demand that exists.
they may also be shit heels. they may not. but those jobs will largely still exist… and probably still suck.
This is literally the origin of the term “the customer is always right.” Imagine you create the world’s most perfect product. It is truly revolutionary. It meaningfully improves your customers’ lives, it is easy to manufacture and get to your customers, it is cheap, and it is durable. It is all of the things that a perfect product should be. And you have a competitor. This is a bad imitation. It’s more expensive, it’s less durable, it’s worse at what it does, and it’s more difficult to manufacture.
And yet, the competitor is consistently selling out, while you struggle to sell enough to make ends meet. Even though your product is better in every measurable way, you are selling the wrong product. The customer is always right, and in this example the customer wants the shitty (and more expensive) version. It doesn’t matter how good your product is in comparison. The customer is the ultimate driving force behind whether or not you’ll be able to sell anything, and is therefore always right. If you insist on selling your perfect (but unmarketable) version, it isn’t the customer’s fault when you go bankrupt. It is your fault for trying to defy the customer.
And you know what companies like Nestle, Amazon, etc are really good at? Finding what customers want. And yes, the customer tends to be stupid and short-sighted. But the customer is always right.
Not at that scale.