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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Jun 2019

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Max Fisher

      This isn't surprising to anyone who has paid attention to YouTube's growth strategy & lack of moral compass. But it's still shocking.https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/1135529605530411008 …

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      Max FisherVerified account @Max_Fisher
      YouTube’s algorithm has been curating home movies of unwitting families into a catalog of semi-nude kids, we found. YT often plays the videos after users watch softcore porn, building an audience of millions for what experts call child sexual exploitation https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/world/americas/youtube-pedophiles.html …
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Jun 2019

      Milton Friedman famously argued in 1970 that “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits” (the title of his article). In Friedman's terms, YouTube is being social responsible by allow Nazis & pedophiles to form communities on social media.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Jun 2019

      Let's take Friedman on his own terms & say that, given their mission to maximize profit, it's ethical for corporations to destroy the environment, spread Nazism & kiddie porn. In other words: business can have no real ethics, so the state has an obligation to regulate.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Jun 2019

      Friedman's “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits” is actually a useful & true axiom; it dispels the illusions of morally decent businesses and philanthropy. It clarifies why a robust social democracy is the only way forward.

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        2. Actually,‏ @eaton 3 Jun 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Unfortunately, it's most frequently echoed by people who ALSO believe that regulation is an immoral affront to the Darwinian purity of the "market." As an old friend said, "the invisible hand is always wanking."

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        3.  🛼 Komrad Iron  🛼#Fe-26 🛼  🛼  🛼‏ @Komrad_Iron 3 Jun 2019
          Replying to @eaton @HeerJeet

          Stealing that quote.

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        1. Mental Health of Nations‏ @gasgebouw 3 Jun 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Moral hazard @philantrophy

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        1. Frank Neuville‏ @FrankNeuville 3 Jun 2019
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          Just because it might be a business' responsibility social or otherwise to increase profits doesn't mean that's what it does. And I don't know if Uncle Miltie ever ran a business.

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        1. Sam Pāṇini ®  🇺🇸‏ @SampathPanini 3 Jun 2019
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          Thoughts on this quote: “The goodwill of people is the only enduring thing in any business. It is the sole substance… The rest is shadow.” https://www.scjohnson.com/en/a-family-company/the-johnson-family/herbert-fisk-johnson-sr/second-in-line-but-second-to-none …

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        1. Bill Kennedy‏ @blkndy 3 Jun 2019
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          When the establishment is funded by global corporations you hear lots of good things about #globalism, & you see little scrutiny of those corps. for a long time. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/technology/facebook-ftc-antitrust.html …

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        1. Monarda B. Allen‏ @MonardaB 3 Jun 2019
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          There should be a wall of separation, but business also should be guided by ethics. Can’t be purely predatory.

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        1. Jordan Ryan‏ @JordanRNorris 3 Jun 2019
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          “Only way forward.” Welp, that settles it.

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        1. Jack Mlynek  🇨🇦 💉 💉 💉 💉‏ @jmlynek 3 Jun 2019
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          I prefer “Profit Is Tax”

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        1. lemmy caution‏ @lemmy_caution2 3 Jun 2019
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          the move in Friedman's article describing the only acceptable form of non-profit seeking social responsibility under shareholder capitalism as being completely hypocritical and cynical is certainly eye opening. Socialism or barbarism guys

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