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		xixixao 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meta antitrust trial kicks off in federal court Capitalism doesn’t tend toward “enough”, it tends towards maximizing profits. (Saying this without judging it as bad or good, simply how it is)

bitmasher9 3 months ago [–]

While that might be true on a systems level, individual companies can choose their own destiny and many companies have chosen to operate over long time periods while making less than maximum potential revenue.

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