A businessman seeking to increase his profits is mainly focused on one thing: how can he make our lives better? This is not an altruistic motive. Far from it. If he can figure out how to better satisfy a need it can give him an edge so he can charge a little more because he delivers an added benefit. Or maybe he figures out a way to satisfy a previously unmet need. Although he is focused on anticipating our interests his motive is and should be entirely selfish. This is not a downside, but a virtue.
That the person we are transacting business with is working for a profit should reassure us, not make us apprehensive or feel endangered. It means he is earning his living by demonstrating to us that his product is worthy of our money. He is at the mercy of our favorable judgment so that we become willing to part with something we value in return for what he produces. We are in control. Profits are earned by trade, which by its very nature does not involve any rights-violating conduct.
I believe in enlightened self-interest: just as the cells in your body look out for themselves, they believe in something that also transcends them, something holistic. This is what makes things work best. Collecting revenue above basic expenses (covering all of your costs, including simple salaries to keep it interesting enough for the business owner/manager) is simply stupid. Just like you wouldn't hurt yourself by charging less than your expenses, you don't want to hurt your customers by charging more. If you have some "secret" knowledge that would allow you to exploit their ignorance and get more profit, then teach your customers, so that you will respect them.
I wonder how many dicks you'll have in your mouth right now for capitalists who don't give a damn about the cost to the Earth, because the more they exploit it, the more profit they get.
To the contrary, every other way is superior. Cells don't believe in anything. Each one acts, and the emergent property of their actions is the existence and behavior of a larger organism. The notion that individual cells are somehow conscious of the role they play in the well-being of the larger organism couldn't be more false. And Econ 101 tells us that the more profit a business makes, the more competitors will be drawn to that industry, thereby increasing supply and lowering prices. Also, the more resources the business will have for R&D and employment. Every word of the original post is the exact opposite of the truth.
No, you're being simple-minded. Once you've got all of those competitors, you'll find that the price of goods has gone to your basic expenses, just as I suggested in the first place. But now, you've diluted your marketplace with the competitors (who only came in only for the money), so there's a net loss, because the some of the businesses will go under because there's not enough customers. Way to go, dumbass. You said everything I said was backwards, but you're really just a dumbass.
All profit is, is creation. A man on a desert island needs to make a ‘profit’, he needs to create the food and shelter to survive. A business must do the same, create something valuable to human life that didn't exist before or it won't survive nor does it deserve to. Why is survival, or even better, flourishing, bad? I will never understand it, and will always consider all those who consciously believe it is to be evil for just these reasons.
A businessman seeking to increase his profits is mainly focused on one thing: how can he make our lives better? This is not an altruistic motive. Far from it. If he can figure out how to better satisfy a need it can give him an edge so he can charge a little more because he delivers an added benefit. Or maybe he figures out a way to satisfy a previously unmet need. Although he is focused on anticipating our interests his motive is and should be entirely selfish. This is not a downside, but a virtue.
That the person we are transacting business with is working for a profit should reassure us, not make us apprehensive or feel endangered. It means he is earning his living by demonstrating to us that his product is worthy of our money. He is at the mercy of our favorable judgment so that we become willing to part with something we value in return for what he produces. We are in control. Profits are earned by trade, which by its very nature does not involve any rights-violating conduct.
I believe in enlightened self-interest: just as the cells in your body look out for themselves, they believe in something that also transcends them, something holistic. This is what makes things work best. Collecting revenue above basic expenses (covering all of your costs, including simple salaries to keep it interesting enough for the business owner/manager) is simply stupid. Just like you wouldn't hurt yourself by charging less than your expenses, you don't want to hurt your customers by charging more. If you have some "secret" knowledge that would allow you to exploit their ignorance and get more profit, then teach your customers, so that you will respect them.
There is no superior way.
Enjoy being a cell then. I will enjoy being a complete human being :)
I wonder how many dicks you'll have in your mouth right now for capitalists who don't give a damn about the cost to the Earth, because the more they exploit it, the more profit they get.
To the contrary, every other way is superior. Cells don't believe in anything. Each one acts, and the emergent property of their actions is the existence and behavior of a larger organism. The notion that individual cells are somehow conscious of the role they play in the well-being of the larger organism couldn't be more false. And Econ 101 tells us that the more profit a business makes, the more competitors will be drawn to that industry, thereby increasing supply and lowering prices. Also, the more resources the business will have for R&D and employment. Every word of the original post is the exact opposite of the truth.
No, you're being simple-minded. Once you've got all of those competitors, you'll find that the price of goods has gone to your basic expenses, just as I suggested in the first place. But now, you've diluted your marketplace with the competitors (who only came in only for the money), so there's a net loss, because the some of the businesses will go under because there's not enough customers. Way to go, dumbass. You said everything I said was backwards, but you're really just a dumbass.
You have knowledge in one area only: name calling. All else is ignorance.
All profit is, is creation. A man on a desert island needs to make a ‘profit’, he needs to create the food and shelter to survive. A business must do the same, create something valuable to human life that didn't exist before or it won't survive nor does it deserve to. Why is survival, or even better, flourishing, bad? I will never understand it, and will always consider all those who consciously believe it is to be evil for just these reasons.