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It's pretty clear that your "reasoning" is based not in any logic but almost exclusively in your "feels"...

You just dislike corps and it's undermining every thought you have on this topic.




Mind telling me how it's clear that I dislike corporations?

I'll proudly admit I have no trust in corporations, but dislike is a little far. There's corporations I like but there's no corporations I trust.


Any entity you distrust is also an entity that most reasonably fits into the classification of dislike.

You may like thier products or services but that's not the same as liking the corp itself.


Trust and affection are two different emotions that I'm able to separate.

For example, I like Adidas shoes but when they boast about sustainability I question the truth in that and their intentions.

I prefer Pepsi over Coke but I don't trust either to be truthful in their marketing. I think it's bullshit that Santa prefers Coke, for one he's not even a real person, but I don't dislike Coke for using Santa as a mascot.

I hate Disney though and I firmly believe they're among one of the worst companies on the planet. I oppose anything they do out of principle and believe every decision they make needs to answer yes to the question "Will this make us a billion dollars?" I hope to live to see the day they fold and disappear forever.

So no, I don't dislike every corporation and my inherit distrust doesn't undermine my views one bit. I don't know how one can possibly trust a capitalist company whose motives are primarily profit driven. I don't know how one could think a company stands for anything that wouldn't make them money or would honestly have a goal that wasn't driven by profits.

A good barometer on if a company has morals is if they use rainbow logos in Saudi Arabia during June. Try coming up with a single argument for why a company world proudly display them in North America but not in the Middle East without mentioning profits or market share, and good luck. I personally think it's completely indefensible.


Like in context of businesses/products/organizations/governments does not generally refer to "affection"... That's "love"...

One can "love" something or someone but not "like" it.... Is that something you're not aware of?


What is the point of your comment? I have no idea what you're trying to say.

Liking something and trusting something are different things. I don't trust a single company and it doesn't matter if I like, hate, or love them. They're two mutually independent feelings no matter what you want to call one of them.


JFC... I said it doesn't matter rif you like them and then you went on a long winded diatribe about "affection" for the companies.

I made the distinction between like and affection because they aren't the same at all.

You subsequently failed at basic comprehension.

Drink some coffee and try again.




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