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Trudeau calls out Poilievre after top Conservative adviser is tied to Loblaw lobbying (www.cbc.ca)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If it's not their job to help society then why should we let them exist?

[–] karlhungus 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
  1. You are free to not spend money there
  2. If you took this logic and turned it around, i could see an argument saying the moment you stop helping society why should we let you exist

I agree that in the best interests of having a pleasant place to live, or elected officials should force them to sell at not so great a profit. I feel like "they shouldn't be allowed to exist" is a poor way to put it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

People who don't help society end up in prison and corporations aren't people.

[–] karlhungus 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

untrue, many examples first one that comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackler_family

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Go and kill someone and get caught, tell me how that goes for ya 🙂

Also, you're in a Canadian community here.

[–] karlhungus 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

besides the example i gave actually harming people, and them not being in prison, to go from "people who don't help society" to murder is kind of a stretch isn't it?

you realize it's possible to neither help nor harm society.

i am canadian, are we limited to examples only of canadian's who harm societies, C suite of loblaws isn't in jail are they?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Commit fraud then

And yes the country matters. Ever heard of... Laws?