The Ethics/Profit DoubleBind.

[Rafael Thundercat]

Is possible to find a solution to this? Or at least some improvement? 

 

 

[Lyubov]

The thing is what is considered ethical or right is always changing. There was a time if a guy was gay he was thrown into jail and now gays can marry. Happened literally over the span of my dad’s lifetime. It isn’t so much that capitalism is unethical, it’s just what society values has changed so it ends up getting framed this way because most people think their ethics are the truth of life and the standard all of reality is striving for or to live up to. And then when it doesn’t they are disappointed and get bitter and go on social media or cable news to scream. 

Edited January 10, 2023 by Lyubov

[Leo Gura]

There are many degrees of ethicalness. Nothing is ever perfect in the social domain. The point is to be relatively ethical, not perfectly ethical.

Edited January 10, 2023 by Leo Gura

[mr_engineer]

Sales is frowned upon in the world in general, but charity is praised and seen as a good thing. 

The reason for that is that selling is a purely selfish activity, done purely to bring in money and meet your needs. Because if you gave your product for free, that would be charity. Everyone would like you, see you as very 'ethical'. But, you wouldn't survive. 

About the video itself - systemic change is the only solution. And that is a long and tedious process. Because as much as you'd like to feel sorry for sweat-shop workers and stuff, the reality is that that's all they know how to do. And the corporation will still say that they're doing that society a massive service by giving those jobs, which they are. In fact, people in third-world countries love the idea of working their asses off at a multi-national corporation, getting promoted and getting to visit a first-world country on a project or something!