I'm surprised too, but I'm naturally biased in favor of ideas that I like. It's like most people don't understand what for-profit corporations are for, and they're not able to differentiate between their motives and the means to realize those motives. The primary motivation for all for-profit corporations is to make a profit for their shareholders, and that's true for all of them regardless of how beloved or how hated they are. Everything those corporations do, what they make and the quality standard to which they make it, the services they provide and the quality of service they provide, the marketing they perform, everything is done with the motivation of making the highest return on investment possible. For some industries this seems fine; consumer electronics, manufacturing, retail, areas where competition is sufficient or where their market is not related to essential services. But utilities? Health care? Assisted living facilities? Prisons? Pharmaceutical companies? For these it seems that the drive for profit could be in direct opposition to the quality of services they provide. And the services are essential. We all want power and water. We all want to be healthy. And, well, some of us want those incarcerated to have a basic standard of care. Do we really trust an entity to provide those services for us when the primary motivation of those entities is to extract as much money out of us with for as little cost as possible?
I'm surprised too, but I'm naturally biased in favor of ideas that I like. It's like most people don't understand what for-profit corporations are for, and they're not able to differentiate between their motives and the means to realize those motives. The primary motivation for all for-profit corporations is to make a profit for their shareholders, and that's true for all of them regardless of how beloved or how hated they are. Everything those corporations do, what they make and the quality standard to which they make it, the services they provide and the quality of service they provide, the marketing they perform, everything is done with the motivation of making the highest return on investment possible. For some industries this seems fine; consumer electronics, manufacturing, retail, areas where competition is sufficient or where their market is not related to essential services. But utilities? Health care? Assisted living facilities? Prisons? Pharmaceutical companies? For these it seems that the drive for profit could be in direct opposition to the quality of services they provide. And the services are essential. We all want power and water. We all want to be healthy. And, well, some of us want those incarcerated to have a basic standard of care. Do we really trust an entity to provide those services for us when the primary motivation of those entities is to extract as much money out of us with for as little cost as possible?